A CBS News employee has pleaded not guilty to trying to blackmail David Letterman for $2 million in a plot that spurred the TV host to acknowledge sexual relationships with female staffers on his show. ...more

October 2, 2009

A Panama City Beach toddler is in critical condition after having a nail removed from her fractured skull and her parents are in jail on drug and child abuse charges. ...more

October 2, 2009

Authorities are investigating the deaths of two brothers found dead this morning in a downtown Clearwater lake. ...more

October 1, 2009

Authorities have identified the victim of this morning's deadly home invasion as 27-year-old Justin D. Green. Threel armed robbers broke into Green's home in the 2100 block of Hampton Drive North about 3 a.m. and shot him, said St. Petersburg police Detective Gary Gibson. The incident had drug overtones, police spokesman Bill Proffitt said. ...more

October 1, 2009

OAKLAND PARK (AP) — A 7-year-old South Florida girl is recovering after a 6-foot iguana bit her foot and tore away tendons. ...more

October 1, 2009

Authorities are looking for the man who sped through an Orlando International Airport parking collection booth without paying a $917 bill. ...more

October 1, 2009

Police say a Seminole County mother strangled her toddler by using her hands and a bra. Authorities said Tuesday that 22-year-old Nioshka Bello was arrested upon release from the hospital, where she had been involuntarily committed after a suicide attempt. Police say Bello swallowed as many as 20 Benadryl pills after killing 2-year-old daughter Janessa Sandoval on Saturday. ...more

September 30, 2009

Authorities are looking for Grace Jamieson, 89, who has been missing since this morning. ...more

September 29, 2009

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California man accused of killing a pedestrian while driving and text messaging has been ordered to stand trial for gross vehicular manslaughter. ...more

September 28, 2009

CHICAGO (AP) — Cell phone footage showing a group of teens viciously kicking and striking a 16-year-old honors student with splintered railroad ties has ramped up pressure on Chicago officials to address chronic violence that has led to dozens of deaths of city teens each year. ...more

September 28, 2009