CAIRO (AP) — A daughter of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden has taken refuge in the Saudi Embassy in Tehran after eluding guards who have held her and five brothers under house arrest for eight years, a Saudi-owned newspaper reported Wednesday. ...more

December 23, 2009

The 61-year-old building that houses Pasco Middle School is something of a landmark in this east Pasco town. ...more

December 23, 2009

Texas and other states that lead the nation in executions are sentencing many fewer inmates to death, a trend that slowly is reducing the death row population in the United States, a report from an anti-capital punishment group says. ...more

December 18, 2009

NEW YORK (AP) — Evangelist Oral Roberts, who rose from tent revivals to found a multimillion-dollar organization and an Oklahoma university bearing his name, has died. He was 91. ...more

December 15, 2009

Brandon native Raymond McCoy has been attending the Presbyterian Church of Seffner, 1906 S. Lenna Ave., since 1942; he was 5 years old at the time. ...more

November 11, 2009

For one Sunday this season, the cynicism turned into euphoria for Bucs fans. ...more

November 9, 2009

A 32-year-old Wimauma man was killed in a hit-and-run accident in Manatee County early Sunday morning, said the Florida Highway Patrol. ...more

August 16, 2009

Tampa police are looking for a man with a sawed-off shotgun who robbed a 7-Eleven store on Gandy Boulevard early Sunday morning. ...more

July 14, 2009

Farrah Fawcett, whose luxurious tresses and blinding smile helped redefine sex appeal in the 1970s as one of TV's "Charlie's Angels," died Thursday after battling cancer. She was 62. ...more

June 25, 2009

The White House on Tuesday announced the expected appointment of Frank Sanchez of Tampa as undersecretary of commerce for international trade. ...more

April 15, 2009