Arrive early. That's the advice to travelers flying from Tampa International Airport. Officials advise arriving an hour earlier than usual - two hours before domestic flights and three hours before international trips. ...more

December 29, 2009

SAN'A, Yemen (AP) — Yemen's government said today that the Nigerian accused in the Christmas day attack on a U.S. airliner visited Yemen this year, and that authorities were investigating his activities during his stay. ...more

December 28, 2009

A 5-year-old boy has died from injuries sustained in a Christmas Day accident, the Florida Highway Patrol said. ...more

December 27, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) — The explosive device used by the would-be Detroit bomber contained a widely available — and easily detected — chemical explosive that has a long history of terrorist use, according to government officials and explosive experts. ...more

December 27, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) — Investigators piecing together a brazen attempt to bring down a trans-Atlantic airliner said today the suspect tucked a small bag holding his deadly concoction on his body, using an explosive that would have been easily detected with the right airport equipment. ...more

December 27, 2009

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab received the best schooling, from the elite British International School in West Africa to the vaunted University College London, but the education he wanted was of a different sort: Nigerian officials say his interest in extremist Islam prompted his father to warn U.S. authorities. ...more

December 27, 2009

ASPEN, Colo. (AP) — Authorities say actor Charlie Sheen has been accused of using a weapon in an alleged case of domestic violence in Aspen. ...more

December 27, 2009

A Christmas night fire that destroyed a mobile home on Seminole Boulevard is being investigated as a possible arson. ...more

December 27, 2009

An Al-Qaida operative in Yemen threatened the United States and said "we are carrying a bomb" in a video posted online four days before the botched Christmas Day attempt to blow up a Northwest Airlines flight. ...more

December 27, 2009

Nelson fails 'gut check' Editor's note: The following letter was written to Florida Sen. Bill Nelson and is reprinted here at the author's request. ...more

December 26, 2009