Dr. Katherine Dunne felt her family needed some bonding since the trauma of her husband's death four years ago and she planned a family boat trip. Her new husband, a high-powered attorney, couldn't come on their trip but encouraged them to go without him. "Sail" by James Patterson and Howard Roughan does describe how the family finally does essentially bond again but not before they were seriously in danger of death. Their wrecked boat leaves them stranded on a deserted island and when they see a small plane hover over them piloted by their stepfather they think they will be rescued. They didn't know his intent was to kill them to inherit his wife's fortune. Things didn't go as planned however, and a very bloody ending finally provides justice and peace for the Dunne family. ...more

November 12, 2008

Report: Stepfather Struck With Baseball Bat BROOKSVILLE - A Brooksville woman struck her stepfather several times with a baseball bat during an argument Saturday at 815 Hale Ave., a report shows. ...more

November 11, 2008

A 19-year-old woman accused of hitting her stepfather with a baseball bat during an argument was arrested today, police said. ...more

November 8, 2008

The past few days have been a nightmare for Natalie Giambarberee, and none of it feels real, she said. Alicia Chomic, her best friend for 10 years, was a happy person who went to the beach and shopping with her and always helped lift her spirits. But on Friday morning, the body of Chomic, 23, was found in a bedroom with the bodies of Chomic's sons, Anthony Michael Lietz Jr., 15 months; Damian Michael Lietz, 2; and Thomas Anthony Goldsmith Jr., 4. ...more

November 3, 2008

Greg Maslowski called 911 and told them to come quick. He had just found his stepdaughter and her three boys, all younger than 4, dead about 10 a.m. today. ...more

November 1, 2008

A mother in early her 20s and her three young boys, all younger than 4, were found dead by a family member about 10 a.m. today at 4983 E. Stoer Lane in Floral City. ...more

October 31, 2008

Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson's 7-year-old nephew was found dead in the back of an SUV on Monday, ending a frantic search that began after the shooting deaths of her mother and brother three days earlier. ...more

October 28, 2008

This is the moment that has consumed two brothers in the months that followed a horrific automobile accident on a rainy May day in Mississippi. ...more

October 25, 2008

Zachary Sharples, the 12-year-old suspended from a Palmetto middle school for his Rayhawk hairdo, may have moved to St. Petersburg, but he can't dodge the spotlight. ...more

October 15, 2008

The call from ESPN came after a wild week that began with the suspension and ended with Zachary meeting Rays players and coaches on Tropicana Field before Saturday's game. ...more

October 14, 2008