The BCS Championship Game between Florida (12-1) and Oklahoma (12-1) kicks off Thursday night, but the war of words already has begun. ...more

January 5, 2009 |

Since the subprime mortgage troubles exploded into a full-blown financial crisis last year, the three top credit-rating agencies - Moody's, Standard & Poor's and Fitch Ratings - have faced a firestorm of criticism about whether their rosy ratings of mortgage securities generated billions of dollars in losses to investors who relied on them. ...more

December 20, 2008 |

For days, the column he'd written, re-written, tightened, expanded, boiled down and more than once very nearly tossed sat, at last, undisturbed in its editing queue. Ah, the creative process. ...more

October 15, 2008 |

Syndicated columnist Charley Reese a fixture in print editions of The Suncoast News for nearly 30 years, has written his ...more

September 6, 2008 |

Bombers struck Shiite pilgrims Saturday for a third consecutive day, killing at least three people in the latest in a series of attacks apparently aimed at stoking sectarian tension. ...more

August 17, 2008 |

Within weeks, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office will train detention cadets and deputies on how to lift, search and otherwise handle disabled inmates. ...more

August 16, 2008 |

Within weeks, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office will implement training for detention cadets and deputies on how to lift, search and otherwise handle disabled inmates to prevent situations such as one with a quadriplegic man in January that triggered national criticism. ...more

August 15, 2008 |

What was expected to be a firestorm of shareholder fury fizzled into a mundane annual meeting for Yahoo on Friday, despite lingering disappointment among some shareholders about a failed merger with Microsoft that could have been worth $47.5 billion. ...more

August 2, 2008 |

Local environmentalists admit they were worried but say they are largely satisfied with Hillsborough County's yearlong effort to revise its wetlands rules. ...more

July 19, 2008 |

Bettina Schardt knew that the combination of drugs she drank in the living room of her home in Wuerzburg, Germany, last week would kill her, and she died alone. ...more

July 4, 2008 |