He prayed every day at the Muslim Community Center in Silver Spring, Md., a devout Muslim who, despite asking to be discharged from the U.S. Army, according to his aunt, was on the eve of his first deployment to war. ...more

November 6, 2009

Ag-Mart Produce, a local tomato grower and shipper, has been planting another kind of seed: ones to benefit humanity. ...more

November 4, 2009

Bank of America Corp. could eventually shrink its 6,100-branch network by about 10 percent as consumers choose other methods of banking, a company spokesman said Tuesday. ...more

July 29, 2009

Hotel Bookings Fall In Tampa Area The number of hotel rooms booked in January declined 5.7 percent in the Tampa-St. Petersburg region compared with 5.4 percent for Florida and 7.7 percent for the United States, a Tennessee travel industry consultant reported. ...more

March 25, 2009

Heard about scientists decoding subjective preference from single-trial near-infrared spectroscopy signals? ...more

February 15, 2009

The demand at the United Food Bank of Plant City has never been greater. ...more

January 28, 2009

The demand at the United Food Bank of Plant City has never been greater. ...more

January 25, 2009

Florida Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink was considered a likely frontrunner for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate in next year's election. ...more

January 17, 2009

Get ready for the in-law in chief. President-elect Barack Obama's mother-in-law, Marian Robinson, is moving into the White House at least temporarily to join Michelle Obama and the two children, transition officials said Friday. ...more

January 9, 2009

David P. Feaster was named president and chief executive officer of St. Petersburg-based Cornerstone Bank, which has eight Pinellas locations and more than $320 million in assets, the bank's board of directors announced this week. ...more

January 7, 2009