BRADENTON - Tulani Cooper was defiant even at the end, telling a sheriff's lieutenant Wednesday he did not shoot him during a drug raid at a house teeming with crack cocaine, guns and bundles of cash. ...more

July 24, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG As he has done for years, Bryan Hilbert was riding his bicycle on the Pinellas Trail one afternoon in March when he was approached by two men riding bicycles. ...more

July 3, 2008

Had I been asked, I could have supplied Sen. John McCain a much more accurate speech for his "end of first term." Here is my suggestion: ...more

June 12, 2008

Under the blazing sun, with a golden ribbon borrowed from a community church altar, Pasco County officials and residents gathered at the edge of Tommytown on Tuesday to mark the completion of a $7.5 million revitalization project. ...more

June 11, 2008

DADE CITY - Under the blazing sun, with a golden ribbon borrowed from a community church altar, Pasco County officials and residents gathered at the edge of Tommytown today to mark the completion of a $7.5 million revitalization project. The project in the predominantly migrant community is the most expensive community development project the county has undertaken in a single area and the largest such project in the southern United States, said George Romagnoli, Pasco's community development manager. ...more

June 10, 2008

A 25-year-old man who told the police he was tired of life went on a killing rampage in a popular shopping street in central Tokyo on Sunday, plowing his truck into a crowd of pedestrians before stabbing passers-by with a survival knife. Seven people died and 11 were injured. ...more

June 9, 2008

It was a half-hour a deaf couple likely won't ever forget. At 10:30 p.m. Thursday, visitors rang a special doorbell that summoned Ralph Prezioso, 86, to his front door in the 5000 block of Ixora Street. ...more

May 31, 2008

ZEPHYRHILLS - It was a half-hour an elderly couple likely will never forget. At 10:30 p.m. Thursday, visitors summoned an 86-year-old man to his front door at 5351 Ixora St. When he opened the door, two guns were pointed at him, according to a Pasco Sheriff's Office spokesman. According to the sheriff's office, the two men behind the guns led the man into his living room, where his 77-year-old wife was sleeping in a recliner. The intruders put masking tape over the mouths of husband and wife, bound their hands and told them to keep quiet. ...more

May 30, 2008

Once upon a time, the Republican Party believed in limited government,,,,, ...more

May 30, 2008

In its last months in office, the Bush administration has decided to spend time and energy on upending long-standing restrictions on carrying loaded guns in national parks. ...more

May 11, 2008