A Pittsburgh interception and 100-yard touchdown run proved just too much for cell phone networks to bear. ...more

February 1, 2009

The grandfather of a slain Florida toddler was taken to a hospital early Friday morning after he was reported missing and sparked concerns that he might be suicidal. ...more

January 24, 2009

The grandfather of a slain Florida toddler has been located in a Daytona Beach motel, shortly after authorities reported he had gone missing. ...more

January 23, 2009

A fatal stabbing on Virginia Tech campus has triggered a crisis alert system that was revamped after a deadly mass shooting there in 2007. ...more

January 21, 2009

Polk County deputies have released a 911 call made from one of the people who found the body of a Haines City teenager this weekend. ...more

January 21, 2009

As the minutes ticked by during the inauguration of Barack Obama, millions of Americans took occasion to do at least one thing: reach for cell phones and tap out text messages. ...more

January 21, 2009

Three days after his supposed firing from the University of South Florida, offensive coordinator Greg Gregory was still at work – at USF. ...more

January 20, 2009

Polk County deputies have arrested the husband of the driver they say struck and killed a Haines City teenager Friday night. Rodney Clem Cummings was in the car with his wife, Candy Cummings, when the vehicle struck 17-year-old Samantha Hastings, sending her flying into a barbed wire fence, deputies said. ...more

January 19, 2009

A 13-year-old girl recently made the news after she sent 14,528 text messages in one month to her friends, which averaged out to about 2 text messages for every minute she was awake, according to her shocked father. ...more

January 19, 2009

An anonymous tip led Polk County deputies to arrest a woman in connection with a hit-and-run accident that killed a 17-year-old girl Friday night. ...more

January 19, 2009