Doctors for the Deerfield Beach boy set on fire by a group of teenagers say he's showing significant progress. Michael Brewer is being treated at a burn center jointly run by the University of Miami and Jackson Memorial Hospital. The center director said Thursday the 15-year-old's wounds have staved off infection — a common complication of severe burns. ...more

October 23, 2009

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Federal officials they are investigating whether pilot fatigue was a factor in a Northwest Airlines jet overflying the Minneapolis airport by 150 miles. ...more

October 22, 2009

A former Hillsborough County deputy accused of forcing a hit-and-run suspect to perform a sex act on him will spend five years in prison and then serve probation as part of a plea deal, his lawyer said today. ...more

October 21, 2009

Man caught peeking into dressing room, deputies say ...more

October 20, 2009

Authorities say the winner of reality TV show "Big Brother" has confessed to using his $500,000 prize to buy thousands of oxycodone pills and resell them. ...more

October 20, 2009

A Pennsylvania Civil War buff faces a felony charge for accidentally firing a 2-pound cannonball through the wall of his neighbor's home. ...more

October 17, 2009

Authorities say a toddler survived a fall from a fourth-floor apartment in Lauderdale Lakes. ...more

October 16, 2009

Authorities are investigating the cause of a Pinellas Park house fire that sent heavy black smoke and flames into the air early this morning. The fire started about 3 a.m. at 6698 69th Ave. N. It took firefighters about 15 minutes to get the fire under control, district Fire Chief Guy Keirn said. ...more

October 16, 2009

LAND O' LAKES - If the charges stick, marijuana grow houses have gone upscale. Pasco County Sheriff's Office vice and narcotics detectives raided four such houses Tuesday and say it is the first time they have discovered grow houses in homes of this caliber. ...more

October 14, 2009

Four days before a hearing about the roughly $18,000 he owed his ex-wife in child support, Robert Cecil Laird jumped to his death from the Sunshine Skyway bridge. ...more

October 13, 2009