in 2008. Today, a nearly 40-mile stretch of the tidal, freshwater James - from the Dutch Gap area near Chester to eastern Charles City County - harbors one of the country's top concentrations of eagles, herons and other fish-eating birds. The National Audubon Society has designated the region an Important Bird Area, a high compliment among conservationists. ...more

March 22, 2009

Attorney General Eric Holder signaled a change on medical marijuana policy Wednesday, saying federal agents will target marijuana distributors only when they violate both federal and state law. ...more

March 18, 2009

Employers, who as recently as October said they were barely modifying their salary budgets for 2009, have changed their tune in December, this time bringing some workers' projected annual pay raises to a low not seen in three decades. ...more

December 21, 2008

One dove onto a live grenade in Iraq. He died, but his fellow SEALS lived. ...more

November 18, 2008

Medals of Honor will be awarded today to two Navy SEALs killed in action overseas. The ceremony today will be at the Special Operations Command at MacDill Air Force Base. ...more

November 17, 2008

An evacuation of the acquisitions and logistics building at U.S. Special Operations Command on Tuesday afternoon ended without incident, said MacDill Air Force Base spokeswoman Rebecca Heyse. ...more

September 3, 2008

Chad Campbell lingered in the parking lot of a Dallas hospital as his wife waited inside to get the latest report on their first child, due to be born later this week. ...more

September 3, 2008

The evacuation of the acquisitions and logistics building at U.S. Special Operations Command is over, said MacDill Air Force Base spokeswoman Rebecca Heyse. ...more

September 2, 2008

Germany's foreign minister urged Iran to stop playing for time and deliver a "clear answer" to initiatives offered by six world powers in the standoff over Tehran's nuclear ambitions in an interview released Saturday. ...more

August 3, 2008

NEW PORT RICHEY -- The big response to a recent telephone directory recycling drive should send a clear signal to county officials, RESORCE Recycling Club leaders hope. The club set a goal of collecting five tons of old phone books that otherwise might have ended up in a landfill. Instead, Pasco residents turned in 17 tons worth of old phone books. ...more

August 2, 2008