Dear Abby: My beautiful 9-month-old daughter, "Lyric," is the result of an affair. Her father, "James," has never seen her, except in photographs. His family has no idea she exists. When I send pictures, he promises to visit "soon" - but I'm not supposed to ask when because he "just doesn't know right now." ...more

November 9, 2008

6:30 p.m.: With a half hour to go before polls close, the precincts in south St. Pete still seem to be drawing voters, but sparsely. The lack of lines surprised Cynthia A. Riddell, a lawyer with an office in Sarasota who's registered in south St. Pete. ...more

November 4, 2008

A disbarred Clearwater lawyer was sentenced today to 10 years in prison for stealing millions in a real estate scheme, the U.S. attorney's office said. ...more

October 21, 2008

Chaos erupted Monday as a group of 86 people, including former army officers, a best-selling author and an ultra-nationalist lawyer, crowded into a prison courtroom for trial on charges of conspiring to overthrow Turkey's Islamic-oriented government. A panel of judges adjourned the proceeding, which later resumed with fewer suspects. ...more

October 21, 2008

Talking to the Tribune in 2001, Tim McGraw was steamed because he said his label, Curb, had released his "Greatest Hits" album a year earlier without telling him. ...more

October 17, 2008

William Scott McCoy has spent three weeks locked up without bail in the Pinellas County jail for something not even his own lawyer understood was illegal until prosecutors explained it to him. ...more

October 15, 2008

A federal judge Tuesday approved a $24 million settlement for owners of dogs and cats who were sickened or died after eating pet food contaminated with an industrial chemical. ...more

October 15, 2008

Lawyers for developer Gene Thomason turned over 600 new pages of documents to residents last week to comply with a judge's order. ...more

October 15, 2008

Virginia Williams is suing a Plant City pub, claiming it was negligent by serving alcohol to a 20-year-old Dover man who later was involved in a crash with her Chevrolet. ...more

October 10, 2008

CORY LAKE ISLES - Lawyers for developer Gene Thomason turned over 600 new pages of documents to residents this week to comply with a judge's order. ...more

October 10, 2008