Pinellas County deputies used a helicopter and a K-9 unit to track down the man they say attacked a homeless couple with a brick and then raped the woman. ...more

February 15, 2008

A Sarasota bank branch manager built up a false trust with an 86-year-old Bradenton man and stole thousands of dollars from him, Manatee County deputies say. ...more

February 5, 2008

A Sarasota bank branch manager built up a false trust with an 86-year-old Bradenton man and stole thousands of dollars from him, Manatee County deputies say. ...more

February 4, 2008

Impact fees are an important pay-as-you-use tax/fee, and recent concern about raising them in a real estate market slump is unjustified. ...more

January 19, 2008

TAMPA - No one warns you in advance about the day your life is going to fall apart. ...more

November 3, 2007

A mysterious Syrian military facility that was reportedly the target of an attack by Israeli jets last month has been razed, according to a new satellite image that shows only a vacant lot in the place where Syria was recently constructing what some U.S. officials believe was a nuclear reactor. ...more

October 26, 2007

ROTONDA WEST - Barbara Jo Robinson says that if she could do it again, she would return the $93 to the 20 or so Lemon Bay High School students who gathered in her home after Saturday's homecoming dance. ...more

October 17, 2007

SEBRING — While John Milone was on vacation in Denmark this summer, a family of four stayed in his Sebring home, sleeping in his bed and eating at his dining room table. The family went on an airboat ride through Arbuckle Creek, laid on the beaches of Miami and enjoyed Disney theme parks, while John and Lyudmila Milone explored Copenhagen and stayed at the family's home there. The Milones coordinated the swap through Home Exchange, a Web site that facilitates 100,000 successful home exchanges worldwide and features about 15,000 listings in more than 100 countries. The concept gained popularity after the 2006 romantic comedy staring Cameron Diaz and Kate Winslet, who trade a Los Angeles' mansion and cottage in England to escape men in their lives. John Milone knew about the program long before the movie, though, and has been doing home exchanges for nine years. ...more

October 13, 2007

The man who investigators say abducted and killed a Seffner woman and left her body in a burning stolen van has been brought back to Hillsborough County from a holding cell in the Panhandle. ...more

October 4, 2007

TAMPA The man who investigators say abducted and killed a Seffner woman and left her body in a burning stolen van has been brought back to Hillsborough County from a holding cell in the Panhandle. Kenneth Ray Jackson, 25, arrived from Franklin County and was booked in the Orient Road Jail with no bail set. He is charged with first-degree murder and second-degree arson in the slaying of Cuc Thu Tran, 50. ...more

October 3, 2007