U.S. Navy ships laden with relief supplies will steam away from Myanmar's coast today, their helicopters barred by the ruling junta even though millions of cyclone survivors need food, shelter or medical care. ...more

June 4, 2008

About 80,000 people were evacuated Tuesday from downstream of an unstable earthquake-created dam that is threatening to collapse, and troops rushed to carve a trench to drain the water before it floods the valley. ...more

May 28, 2008

Memorial Day is for the hundreds of thousands of Americans who have given their lives for their country and lie in cemeteries around the globe or in some unmarked, forgotten places. ...more

May 26, 2008

The chairman of beleaguered Countrywide Financial Corp. raised eyebrows and tempers with his snippy reply to an e-mail plea from a man who said he was in danger of losing his home. ...more

May 22, 2008

The My Safe Florida Home program complaint rate, after serving hundreds of thousands of Floridians, is less than 1 percent. ...more

May 20, 2008

TAMPA The Florida Department of Law enforcement unveiled a new system today to notify businesses of domestic security issues that affect them. ...more

May 7, 2008

SOUTH TAMPA - MacDill Air Force Base opens its gates this weekend with AirFest, a free show of military and civilian aircraft in the air and on the ground. ...more

May 2, 2008

We've been reading a lot lately about probable grain shortages. That, along with rising fuel prices equals higher costs for everything. The fact that trucks deliver most of our foods to stores is an added factor in higher prices. ...more

May 2, 2008

I find it rather difficult to understand how people who live in this great country can fail to be proud of it. ...more

February 22, 2008

Egyptian troops closed the last breach in Egypt's border with the Gaza Strip on Sunday morning, ending 11 days of free movement for Palestinian residents of the blockaded territory, witnesses and Hamas security officials said. ...more

February 4, 2008