Somalia's parliament pleaded Saturday for its neighbors and the international community to intervene militarily as Islamist militants took control of a key neighborhood here in the capital, extending an assault that has killed several top government officials in recent days and weakened the government's already tenuous hold on power. ...more

June 21, 2009

A teenager faces charges in a gruesome string of cat mutilations and killings that have horrified his neighbors and shaken animal lovers in two South Florida communities. ...more

June 14, 2009

The NCAA placed Alabama's football program and 15 other of the school's athletic teams on three years' probation for major violations due to misuse of free textbooks. ...more

June 11, 2009

Jimmy Buffett has accepted a business role with new Miami Dolphins owner and longtime friend Stephen Ross. ...more

May 1, 2009

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment has confirmed two cases of swine flu in the state. ...more

April 25, 2009

Tampa Electric Co. and the University of South Florida will unveil plans today to build a solar array at Lowry Park Zoo. The system will generate 15 kilowatts of electricity and serve as an educational tool for students, officials said. ...more

April 20, 2009

The Putnam County sheriff says two men who escaped from jail there will be charged with killing a 66-year-old woman hours after the breakout last week. ...more

April 19, 2009

Police say two people have been killed in what they think was a murder-suicide at a community college in Dearborn, Michigan. ...more

April 10, 2009

A Boston hospital has performed the nation's second face transplant on a man who suffered traumatic facial injuries from a fall. ...more

April 10, 2009

The AmericanAirlines Arena in Miami will be the first arena in the country to meet the strict environmental standards set by the LEED green building rating system. ...more

April 7, 2009