A circuit judge put off Wednesday deciding whether audiotaped conversations between Nick Bollea and his family should be released to news organizations. ...more

August 7, 2008

Yet again, a circuit judge this afternoon put off deciding whether audiotaped conversations between Nick Bollea and his family should be released to news organizations. ...more

August 6, 2008

Nearly five years ago, the Hillsborough County Medical Examiner's Office turned over what it thought were the skull and other remains of murder victim Allen E. Garner to a mortuary service, which was supposed to cremate those remains. ...more

August 5, 2008

The Hillsborough County Medical Examiner's Office isn't responsible for the disappearance of a man's skull, an office spokesman said this morning. ...more

August 4, 2008

Shawn Chacon was put on waivers Thursday by the Houston Astros, a day after he got into a physical altercation with General Manager Ed Wade. ...more

June 27, 2008

Barry Bonds has no desire to play for an independent minor-league team in an effort to spur interest among major-league clubs. ...more

June 26, 2008

The Pentagon in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks pursued abusive interrogation techniques once favored by such U.S. enemies as North Korea and Vietnam, despite stern warnings by several military lawyers that the methods were cruel and even illegal, according to a Senate investigation. ...more

June 18, 2008

State ethics commissioners have cleared Hillsborough County Commissioner Brian Blair of charges he used his position to interfere in regulatory action by the county's Environmental Protection Commission. ...more

June 13, 2008

Three of the nation's major Internet service providers have agreed to block customer access to newsgroups and Web sites that offer child pornography, according to an agreement announced Tuesday by the New York attorney general's office. ...more

June 11, 2008

SEBRING — The Highlands County Sheriff's Office is looking into the arrest of a blind Sebring man who was stopped by a sheriff's deputy, disarmed of his walking stick then Tasered twice and pepper sprayed for not listening while walking along County Road 17 South toward his home. Sheriff's General Counsel Mike Durham said Friday that the sheriff's Internal Affairs Lt. Gus Garcia has been made aware of the incident and the matter has been "entered into the I.A. system." "It needs a further review," Durham said, into use of force as well as the detention of Holland. An administrative review of the situation has been ordered. During the course of the administrative review, it could be determined that an internal investigation could be requested by Garcia into the deputy's actions. ...more

May 23, 2008