TAMPA - Just 35 seconds remained in Sunday's game when Vinny Testaverde trotted onto the field. That's when the cheers began, and it was perfect symmetry. ...more

December 31, 2007

For my last printed understatement of the year, let me again say that I have lucked into the best job in journalism. ...more

December 26, 2007

After pushing his father and causing him to fall, James Brandon Baker of Temple Terrace went to his back yard and used a revolver to fire five .38-caliber rounds into the air, police say. ...more

December 23, 2007

ST. PETERSBURG - A man was arrested Thursday after a chow-shepherd mix was found dead in his back yard along with an emaciated pit bull, authorities said. ...more

December 21, 2007

Nine people from Florida moved into a home in Portage, Wis., in February. Four months later, police found a "house of horrors." The body of a woman who had been beaten and strangled was buried in the back yard, and her tortured 11-year-old son was locked in a closet. ...more

December 2, 2007

As shocking as most people would consider the conditions of a woman's houses in Hudson after deputies discovered dozens of dogs and a carpet of feces inside, it isn't as surprising to Pasco Animal Services Manager Denise Hilton. ...more

November 17, 2007

Regarding "Riverview Ammonia Leak Forces Hundreds To Flee" (Metro, Nov. 13): Isn't it amazing how one idiot, poking a hole in a pipeline, can close Riverview off from the Brandon and Tampa areas and cause a commuting nightmare? This really gives fuel to the plans for another bridge across the Alafia River to the Brandon area. ...more

November 14, 2007

'Midnight Rambler,' by James Swain (Ballantine, $24.95) ...more

October 28, 2007

TAMPA - A forensics team digging beneath a South Tampa house seeking clues in a woman's disappearance will continue their work tomorrow. ...more

October 19, 2007

Residents and officials have known for decades that this small borough sits on hundreds of poorly sealed natural gas wells thought to be emitting methane gas. ...more

October 19, 2007