Nov 20 - By Associated Press
The son of a late San Francisco pornography mogul will stand trial on accusations that he crushed his ex-girlfriend's skull with a baseball bat.
Nov 18 - By David N. Goodman, Associated Press Writer
A 37-year-old father irate over hearing his 15-year-old son had sexual contact with a 3-year-old girl made the teen strip at gunpoint, marched him to a vacant lot and shot him to death despite pleas from the boy and his mother, a relative said.
Nov 18 - By Vivian Sequera, Associated Press Writers
Colombia's police director says the son of notorious drug lord Pablo Escobar was directly involved in cartel business, even killings, rejecting the denials of a man whose reappearance is creating a sensation in Colombia 16 years after his father's death.
Nov 14 - By Bruce Shipkowski, Associated Press Writer
A small plane has crashed in southern New Jersey, killing a father and son headed to Indiana for a hunting trip.

Nov 13 - By Melinda Deslatte, Associated Press Writer
Three days after his father's execution, the 27-year-old son of D.C. sniper John Allen Muhammad said Friday that he doesn't want to be judged by the crimes of a father he didn't really know until the shooting spree.
Nov 11 - By Associated Press
Michigan's men's basketball coach John Beilein (BEE'-line) says the son of five-time NBA All-Star Tim Hardaway has signed a letter of intent to play for the Wolverines.
Nov 10 - By Associated Press
French officials have denied reports suggesting that President Nicolas Sarkozy's office used its clout to try to help one of his sons win a grant for hip-hop music projects.
Nov 9 - By Associated Press
The man who shot the son of Washington Lt. Gov. Brad Owen's has died.

Nov 8 - By Frank Bajak, Associated Press Writer
After notorious drug lord Pablo Escobar was killed, the son who many thought would succeed him fled Colombia, assumed a new identity and lived a low-profile life as an architect in Argentina.
Nov 5 - By Associated Press
A judge has ruled that a Long Island man accused of murdering his mother is not mentally fit to stand trial.

Oct 23 - By Juan McCartney, Associated Press Writer
The Bahamas lawmaker who caused a mistrial in the John Travolta extortion case has been "rightly ridiculed" but will not be charged with contempt of court, the judge said Thursday.

Oct 23 - By Associated Press
President Nicolas Sarkozy's son was elected to the board of the organization that runs France's most important business district Friday, after a dramatic withdrawal of his bid for the top spot amid accusations of favoritism that carried political risks for his father.

Oct 22 - By Associated Press
A fight over the shoes Michael Jordan's son will wear at the University of Central Florida could cost the school financially.
Oct 21 - By Associated Press
A woman was arrested and accused of taking her 23-year-old son along with her on trips to buy and sell heroin. Nancy Fulford pleaded not guilty Tuesday in Gloucester District Court to charges of possession of heroin and distributing heroin. Her son, Timothy Fulford, was charged with knowing where heroin was kept.
Oct 20 - By Mike Robinson, AP Legal Affairs Writer
A son of the late Chicago newspaper columnist Mike Royko was sentenced Tuesday to 30 months in federal prison for attempted bank robbery.
Oct 15 - By Juan McCartney, Associated Press Writer
The Bahamas lawmaker who caused a mistrial in the John Travolta extortion case has been ordered to appear before the judge to explain why he announced an acquittal before the jury had declared a verdict, officials said Thursday.

Oct 12 - By Elaine Ganley, Associated Press Writer
President Nicolas Sarkozy has come to the defense of his son, denying in an interview made public Thursday that he is behind the 23-year-old's much-criticized bid for a high-profile job.
Oct 6 - By Associated Press
South African authorities say police have arrested a man accused of trying to hire a hit man to kill his mother.

Oct 5 - By Juan McCartney, Associated Press Writer
A jury on Monday watched a hidden-camera videotape of negotiations between a lawyer for John Travolta and a former Bahamas senator accused of trying to blackmail the movie star.

Sep 28 - By Juan McCartney, Associated Press Writer
A jury on Monday watched a hidden-camera videotape of negotiations between a lawyer for John Travolta and a former Bahamas senator accused of trying to blackmail the movie star.
Sep 24 - By Associated Press
Authorities say a 53-year-old Nebraska man whose son had been arrested on suspicion of drunken driving was arrested on the same charge after bailing out his son.

Sep 23 - By Courtney Hazlett, msnbc.com - Only on msnbc.com
Actor John Travolta testified that his son had autism, in what's believed to be the first time the actor has said publicly that Jett Travolta suffered from the disorder.
Sep 23 - By Associated Press
A former member of the European Parliament has flown to the United States after her son drowned while attending college in north Georgia.

Sep 20 - By Juan McCartney, Associated Press Writer
John Travolta said Wednesday he tried desperately to save the life of his seizure-prone son and made perhaps his first public description of the boy as autistic as he testified in the trial of two people accused of trying to blackmail him.
Sep 15 - By Associated Press
Police say a 15-year-old Texas boy stabbed his mother in the back with a 6-inch kitchen knife while pretending to hug her after an argument.