Sequence had a rough Sunday morning patrolling the streets of Ybor City. The Tampa Police Department horse had a leg grabbed, was struck by two women and later was harassed or intimidated by another person, police say. ...more

November 18, 2008

Sequence had a rough Sunday morning patrolling the streets of Ybor City. The Tampa Police Department horse had a leg grabbed, was struck by two women and later was harassed or intimidated by another person, police say. ...more

November 17, 2008

The Bush administration, in the midst of a wide review of its war strategy in Afghanistan, is likely to recommend soon to the incoming Obama administration that the United States push for further expansion of the Afghan army as the surest path to an eventual U.S. withdrawal, The Associated Press has learned. The strategy review, which began in September amid increasing militant violence and a growing U.S. and allied death toll, is being coordinated at the White House and is expected to be presented by December. ...more

November 17, 2008

Why are so many people, black and white, dancing in the streets over the outcome of the election? Is it that they have been fooled by Obama's charisma, or is it because they have not been fooled by McCain's use of fear tactics? ...more

November 13, 2008

If you think they're out to get you, you're not alone. Paranoia, once assumed to afflict only schizophrenics, may be a lot more common than previously thought. ...more

November 13, 2008

A local man was free Monday on a $4,000 bond following his Saturday arrest on allegations of battery against a female victim and a police officer. Ulysses Taylor, 36, of Sebring, is charged with battery, resisting an officer with violence and battery of an officer. ...more

November 10, 2008

Afghan tribes are needed as crucial battlefield allies against the Taliban and other extremists in the same way local militias rose up to oppose insurgents in Iraq, the new military overseer of America's two wars said Thursday. ...more

November 7, 2008

A 22-year-old man used his 72-year-old grandfather as a shield when police tried to arrest him this morning for choking his girlfriend, an affidavit states. ...more

November 5, 2008

A woman who called 911 while police were sorting out a dispute in which she was involved has been charged with misdemeanor misuse of the 911 system, records show. Sharon Cartwright, 45, also is charged with misdemeanor resisting an officer without violence. She was held on $1,000 bail at the Orient Road Jail today. ...more

November 5, 2008