Tampa police say the previously closed portions of downtown have been reopened to cars and pedestrians. ...more

October 17, 2009

Sikhs wielding knives and a handgun attacked two preachers at a rival temple in Vienna on Sunday in a brawl that left at least 16 people wounded, police and witnesses said. A related clash later broke out in northern India. ...more

May 24, 2009

President Barack Obama asserted unprecedented government control over the auto industry Monday, rejecting turnaround plans from General Motors and Chrysler and raising the prospect of controlled bankruptcy for either ailing auto giant. ...more

March 30, 2009

Alex Rodriguez says he's happy to put behind him a meeting with baseball officials about his use of steroids more than five years ago. ...more

March 3, 2009

Two lines of rain heading toward the Tampa Bay area today could generate some potent thunderstorms during the morning with the chance of rain lingering through the early afternoon. ...more

March 1, 2009

Firefighters doused a blaze at an East Tampa apartment this morning, according to Tampa Fire Rescue. ...more

December 22, 2008

An Iraqi woman and her child watch U.S. soldiers search their home in Iskandariyah, 30 miles south of Baghdad, where U.S. troops have helped quell sectarian violence. Barely a year ago, Iskandariyah was a stronghold of Shiite and Sunni militants, and residents say fighting was so ferocious hardly anyone showed up for work at the city's industrial complex and streets emptied by early afternoon. These days, shoppers throng food markets, stores are open after dark and children go to school regularly. ...more

November 10, 2008

The Plant City Raiders came up just shy of a winning volleyball season, quite an accomplishment for a program that has not had one in nearly 20 years. ...more

November 5, 2008

2:38 p.m.: Not much was happening over the lunch hour and early afternoon at Apollo Beach Elementary School, home of Precinct 941. ...more

November 4, 2008

Starting today and continuing for the next three days, fishing conditions will be very good to excellent according to the lunar cycle influences on aquatic life. ...more

October 26, 2008