It's no myth. It's just M.J. For the past few weeks, the "Gas Phantom" has handed out wads of cash to grateful motorists at dozens of gasoline pumps across the Tampa Bay area. After doling out more than $14,000 to patrons, a man in a dark business suit appeared today at a Shell station on North Dale Mabry Highway and revealed his identity. ...more

May 22, 2008

WEEKI WACHEE - Perched on the edge of a turquoise throne, above sea level, the beautiful mermaid swishes her tail as she waits for the camera's flash. ...more

May 11, 2008

Perched on the edge of a turquoise throne, above sea level, the beautiful mermaid swishes her tail as she waits for the camera's flash. ...more

May 11, 2008

Santa Claus no le dio impulso este año al negocio de María Carrillo. Carrillo, gerente de Envíos Del Valle, en Tampa, dijo que en la última temporada festiva tramitó un 70% menos de remesas en comparación con años anteriores. ...more

January 14, 2008

Over the years, Caroline Kennedy sometimes wondered about a third-grader who wrote to her father, President Kennedy, worried that Russian bomb tests at the North Pole would kill Santa Claus. ...more

December 25, 2007

NEW YORK - Over the years, Caroline Kennedy sometimes wondered about a Michigan third grader who wrote to her father, President Kennedy, worried that Russian bomb tests at the North Pole would kill Santa Claus. ...more

December 24, 2007

A skinny, fit-looking Santa? Is that what you want? Perhaps, if you're U.S. Surgeon General Rear Adm. Steven Galson. ...more

December 24, 2007

A diferencia de la mayoría de niños y adolescentes, su lista para Santa Claus no incluía un juego de video, un iPod, ni ningún otro juguete popular en esta época. Lo único que Stevie Rodríguez anhelaba era una ducha donde poder bañarse diariamente. "Lo que han hecho aquí [la remodelación del baño] es un milagro para esta niña", dijo Hilda Castillo, su tía abuela, una tampeña de ancestros cubanos. ...more

December 22, 2007

Donations were down this year, but Alex Cooks didn't want to disappoint the hundreds of schoolchildren who would find new bicycles under the Christmas tree. ...more

December 22, 2007

A man dressed as Santa Claus was knocked unconscious by a thrown object that hit his face while he was riding on the back of a truck decorated as a sleigh. ...more

December 19, 2007