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

A good Samaritan rescued four people clinging to an overturned boat near the Sunshine Skyway Bridge this morning, St. Petersburg Fire and Rescue workers say. ...more

March 27, 2009

The Detroit Lions will retire the number 93 for the 2009 football season in memory of player Corey Smith, one of three men lost when their fishing boat capsized off the Florida Gulf Coast three weeks ago. ...more

March 22, 2009

Authorities have yet to release blood tests for Cleveland Browns wide receiver Donte Stallworth, who authorities say fatally struck a pedestrian in Miami Beach a week ago. ...more

March 22, 2009

Prosecutors probing Bernard Madoff's massive fraud are determined to leave his wife with almost nothing ...more

March 16, 2009

Pilots flew and boats searched for yet another day, but no signs emerged of three men who have been missing since their boat capsized in the Gulf of Mexico on Saturday. ...more

March 6, 2009

Nick Schuyler, the only one rescued so far of four men whose boat capsized Saturday in the Gulf of Mexico, remained in good condition today, though still in intensive care. ...more

March 5, 2009

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission this morning launched an effort to recover the 21-foot boat that capsized this past weekend with four men aboard, leaving one survivor. ...more

March 5, 2009

Relatives of the three missing fishermen called on volunteers to help search after the U.S. Coast Guard called off efforts on Tuesday night. ...more

March 4, 2009

The U.S. Coast Guard has found a capsized boat in the Gulf of Mexico with one person clinging on to it. It's unknown at this time what condition the person is in or whether it's the fishing boat reported missing with two former NFL players and two former University of South Florida players. ...more

March 2, 2009