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By JOSH POLTILOVE | The Tampa Tribune Published: June 30, 2009 TAMPA - Known as Rachel's Law in honor of slain police informant Rachel Hoffman, legislation about the use and control of confidential informants goes into effect Wednesday. In Hillsborough County, supervisors whose detectives and deputies handle confidential informants will attend an eight-hour training seminar about the law Wednesday. "While the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office has had a policy in place for years, the new legislation adds new safeguards designed for the protection of the identity of the informant as well as some considerations that the agency must weigh prior to activating an informant," a sheriff's office news release states. "The policy is being updated accordingly." With Hoffman's parents looking on, the legislation was signed by Gov.... [read full story]
By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer (AP) - USA Luge veteran Tony Benshoof says his back pain is under control for now, and he expects to resume his quest for a third Olympic berth at this weekend's World Cup stop in Igls, Austria....
An activist Web site has posted what it says are 573,000 pager messages sent on Sept. 11, 2001. Wikileaks says some of the messages were sent by federal and local officials, but most appeared to be from regular people,...
An anonymous letter with $500 and a plea for forgiveness sheds some light on a long-forgotten crime at an Iowa Catholic college. The writer admitted stealing a portable radio from a teacher's lounge at Clarke College in Dubuque...
President Barack Obama listens to a question during a press conference in the East Room of the White House with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of India, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009 in Washington. President Barack Obama plans to...
