A weary and beaten-looking O.J. Simpson was put away Friday for at least nine years - and perhaps the rest of his life - for an armed robbery in a hotel room, bringing a measure of satisfaction to those who thought the football star got away with murder more than a decade ago. ...more

December 6, 2008

LAS VEGAS - A broken O.J. Simpson was sentenced Friday to as many as 33 years in prison for a hotel armed robbery after a judge rejected his apology and said, "It was much more than stupidity." The 61-year-old football Hall of Famer stood shackled and stone-faced as Judge Jackie Glass rattled off the punishment. Moments before, Simpson made a rambling, five-minute plea for leniency, simultaneously apologizing for the holdup as a foolish mistake and trying to justify his actions. ...more

December 5, 2008

A woman who stabbed her boyfriend during a violent confrontation last month acted in self-defense and will not be charged with a crime, a prosecutor said. ...more

May 21, 2008

TAMPA - A Nigerian man involved in a violent confrontation in Sulphur Springs in April has died, and Crime Stoppers of Tampa Bay is offering a $1,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest of the person who killed him, according to the organization. ...more

May 5, 2008

For months after a pregnant 20-year-old Marine accused a colleague of rape, her family says, she continued to work alongside her attacker and endured harassment at Camp Lejeune. ...more

January 13, 2008

EAST MANATEE - A piece of a man's tongue was bitten off Saturday in a confrontation with his live-in girlfriend, Manatee County sheriff's deputies said. ...more

November 26, 2007

THINGS WE LOST IN THE FIRE *** Danish director Susanne Bier brings a stripped-down sensibility to 'Things We Lost in the Fire,' which could have been an overwrought story of loss and redemption but in Bier's hands has powerful revelations. ...more

October 19, 2007