'Your papers, please' must never be heard in America
Police say New York Yankees outfield prospect Mason Williams has been charged with driving under the influence following a traffic stop in Florida.

Tampa police say the 28-year-old Dukes was arrested Monday night. The former Nationals outfielder has also been charged with an additional count of driving with a suspended license.
Two off-duty Florida law-enforcement officers fatally shot an armed, naked woman who confronted them at a social gathering Saturday, authorities said.

Tampa police say they have confiscated "suspicious" items from the rooftop of a downtown building located about a mile from where next week's Republican National Convention will be held.
Hours after sending a gracious yet puzzling middle-of-the-night text message to a former college coach, police say Tennessee Titans receiver O.J. Murdock died in an apparent suicide.

Tampa, Fla., has hosted four Super Bowls, but the protesters expected to cram into the city for the Republican National Convention will be a different sort of crowd.
Troubled former Major League Baseball player Elijah Dukes has been arrested again, this time on drug charges.
The estranged father of actress Lindsay Lohan has been released from a Tampa hospital and is now in jail.

The estranged father of actress Lindsay Lohan was back in police custody Thursday, hours after being released from a Tampa jail on domestic violence charges.
The estranged father of actress Lindsay Lohan will be held in a Tampa hospital overnight for observation, hours after his second domestic violence-related arrest this week.
NBA owners and players have failed again to get close to a labor deal, and union president Derek Fisher said he anticipates the rest of the preseason to be canceled.

Tampa police have arrested an expelled student after thwarting what they deemed a potentially "catastrophic" plot to set off a bomb at his former high school and cause mass casualties on the first day of classes next week, authorities said Wednesday.