TAMPA - With four lettuce-chomping giraffes watching, Navy corpsman Hubert Akers, just back from a six-month tour in Kuwait, rolled up on his 8-year-old son in a reunion fitting for the Serengeti plain, Busch Gardens style. ...more

May 23, 2008

Armand Mumcuoglu was an 11-month-old on the move. The crawler turned toddler had new freedom and new territory to explore. Unfortunately, three days after taking his first steps, Armand's fascination with water took him through the family-room doors and into the patio swimming pool. ...more

May 23, 2008

I have concluded that the old mighty government is fooling no one but itself. ...more

May 22, 2008

Ryuji Imada stood atop the ridge that overlooks the 18th green at TPC Sugarloaf, wondering about all that commotion down below. ...more

May 19, 2008

A motorcyclist died in a traffic crash Wednesday trying to stop a thief, witnesses said. ...more

May 8, 2008

A Maryland man, arrested in Tampa after his picture was aired on television's "America's Most Wanted," briefly worked for a tent-rental company on Waters Avenue. ...more

February 18, 2008

TAMPA - A Maryland man, arrested in Tampa after his picture was aired on America's Most Wanted, briefly worked for a tent-rental company on Waters Avenue. ...more

February 18, 2008

With the way Berkeley Prep dictated play during most of Friday's Class 3A-Region 3 title match, it seemed only a matter of time before the Buccaneers earned a trip to Fort Lauderdale for the state semifinals. ...more

February 9, 2008

After losing a lot of weight, Dave Dawes warned his brother, Steve, that he may not look like the same guy when they met at the airport. The last time they had seen each other, Dave tipped the scales at about 300 pounds. So as a 150-pound version of Dave waited for his brother by the trams at Tampa International Airport, it's no wonder Steve walked right past him. ...more

February 2, 2008

In his final basketball home game Wednesday night, Eddie Blackshear got a surprise: His coach at Dunedin High School sent him running out with the starters. Eddie, a senior whose mother is in prison on cocaine charges, is designated as mentally disabled but trainable and is something of a celebrity at Dunedin high. He learned to read in high school and has progressed enough to enter a career education program. ...more

January 31, 2008