2-year-old boy’s killer avoids death penalty [Times photo: Jamie Francis] The judge sentences the man to life in prison without parole; he rules the fatal beating wasn't premeditated.

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Questions swirl in Sabrina case
A U.S. district judge must decide whether to suppress the Aisenberg tapes secretly recorded by detectives.

Face scans match few suspects
The software employed at Super Bowl has had limited success, yet Pinellas' Sheriff's Office got millions to use it.

Trade-off to keep USF intact
A plan to be announced today leaves the St. Petersburg branch as part of USF, but with greater independence.

Eight are arrested in Web sex operation
TAMPA -- Law enforcement officials have accused eight people of being involved in an Internet prostitution ring based in Tampa and North Carolina.

Free parkway ride ends Saturday
The Suncoast Parkway becomes a toll road on Sunday at 6 a.m., project officials said.

Coach pleads no contest to firearm charge, criminal mischief
LARGO -- A veteran Pinellas school wrestling coach who became enraged after he said he caught his wife and a neighbor in a compromising position pleaded no contest Thursday to two misdemeanors.

Tampa Bay briefs
Parkway turns into toll road early Sunday

Judge to rule if murder defendant is fit for trial
His attorneys say he isn't competent to assist his defense in the 1989 slaying of a nightclub nude dancer.

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