Never mind the 40-foot snake that menaced Jennifer Lopez in the 1997 movie "Anaconda." Not even Hollywood could match a new discovery from the ancient world. ...more

February 4, 2009

Authorities say two men have died in a collision when a car slammed into an Orlando city bus. ...more

October 26, 2008

Want to find an extra $8,000 a year for home improvement projects? Consider taking public transportation. The American Public Transportation Association estimates that the average driver can save $672 a month. Traveling by city bus or rail has become easier thanks to a new trip-planning service from Google that provides customized mass transit information and traveling routes for cities around the world. ...more

September 18, 2008

Limited-edition, 16-month calendar will go on sale June 30. ...more

June 26, 2008

With a brace around her right leg and a cast on her left arm, Tampa police Officer Tara Edwards hoisted herself out of a wheelchair Thursday to hug two men she called "gentleman angels." ...more

May 23, 2008

TAMPA With a brace around her right leg and a cast on her left arm, Tampa police Officer Tara Edwards hoisted herself out of a wheelchair Thursday to hug two men she called "gentleman angels." It was the first time Edwards had seen motorists Archie Thomas and Douglas Rand since May 5, when police said they pulled her from a burning patrol car after a head-on collision with an intoxicated driver. ...more

May 22, 2008

TAMPA - Police charged a 19-year-old man with felony first-degree murder today, saying he fatally stabbed a city bus driver who considered him an acquaintance. ...more

December 20, 2007

Rep. Julia Carson, who rose from a childhood of poverty and segregation to become the first black and first woman to represent Indianapolis in Congress, died Saturday. She was 69. ...more

December 16, 2007

When he was alive, 17-year-old Cedric 'C.J.' Mills loved to visit his grandmother Lucy. ...more

October 17, 2007

TAMPA - When he was alive, 17-year-old Cedric "C.J." Mills loved to visit his grandmother, Lucy. Now Lucy Mills can see a photograph of the slain teenager smiling from a bench at a city bus stop at West Cypress Street and North Howard Avenue, less than two blocks from her home. ...more

October 16, 2007