Crystal Rusaw had scheduled a Jan. 9 Caesarean delivery for her second child, but Pasco County's first baby of 2009 had other ideas. Antonio Larry Rusaw waited until everyone in his family had gone to bed before starting his way into the world. His mother's water broke about 1:30 a.m. Thursday shortly after she had put her year-old daughter, Jasmine, to bed. "I had just laid down," Crystal Rusaw said Thursday afternoon as she recovered in her room at Community Hospital in New Port Richey. ...more

January 2, 2009

A police standoff with a man suspected of killing three people and kidnapping two of his children in western North Carolina ended Friday when the man turned a gun on himself, authorities said. The two children were safe in police custody and were being taken to their home, Buncombe County Sheriff's Office spokesman Lt. Ross Dillingham said. ...more

January 2, 2009

A few minutes after Thursday afternoon's Outback Bowl, Iowa junior running back Shonn Greene announced he was leaving for the NFL draft. ...more

January 2, 2009

Hernando County's first baby of 2009 is a four-pound, 14-ounce doll. ...more

January 2, 2009

A North Carolina father on the run after allegedly killing three people, including the mother of his children, may be on his way to the Tampa area. ...more

January 1, 2009

As he convalesced at home Friday - with 33 staples zippered across his scalp, an eye nearly swollen shut, wrist wrapped in a bandage - Frank De Los Reyes delivered a simple message: ...more

December 27, 2008

The wife of embattled zoo CEO Lex Salisbury was hit with animal cruelty charges Thursday, accused of leaving two dogs inside Salisbury's closed SUV while he was speaking with the zoo board about his future. ...more

December 19, 2008