The director of the Children's Cancer Center in Tampa said she doesn't know how or why disgraced former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich picked the center for his charity on "The Celebrity Apprentice." ...more

March 14, 2010

One of baseball's greatest sluggers, Darryl Strawberry, spent some of his darkest days in Tampa. This is the place where his life crashed and his career ended. ...more

March 10, 2010

Republican Mark Kirk has won a chance to try to take President Barack Obama's old Senate seat away from Democrats. ...more

February 3, 2010

The Fox network is going yellow this week to mark the 20th anniversary of "The Simpsons," which celebrates its 450th episode Sunday. ...more

January 5, 2010

Former New York Yankees player and ex-Tampa resident Darryl Strawberry is among the next cast of notables on "Donald Trump's Celebrity Apprentice" which debuts in March. ...more

January 4, 2010

A former chief of staff and longtime friend of ousted Gov. Rod Blagojevich pleaded guilty to wire fraud Tuesday and promised to cooperate with federal prosecutors in their corruption case against the former governor. ...more

October 21, 2009

Illinois' former first lady won't be queen of the jungle. ...more

June 23, 2009

U.S. Sen. Roland Burris, D-Ill., won't face a perjury charge over statements he made to state lawmakers investigating how he got his job, but the junior senator still faces the task of salvaging his political future and shaking the stigma of his link to the disgraced former governor who put him in office. ...more

June 20, 2009

Ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, the target of comedians' jokes since his arrest and impeachment, is getting in on the laughs with Chicago's famed The Second City. ...more

June 11, 2009

Ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich wasn't allowed to appear in a network television reality show in Costa Rica, but his wife will. ...more

May 21, 2009