Sept. 26, 2009 ...more

September 26, 2009

Authorities upped the charge today against a man accused of beating his girlfriend's 2-year-old daughter to death because she wouldn't stop crying. ...more

March 19, 2009

When 2-year-old Gabrielle Randel didn't go to sleep easily Saturday night, deputies say, her mother's boyfriend picked her up, wrapped her in a towel and began to beat her. ...more

March 10, 2009

A 21-year-old Tampa man beat a 2-year-old girl unconscious, causing her to stop breathing, Hillsborough County deputies say. ...more

March 9, 2009

A trailer carrying children in a Christmas parade struck and killed a 10-year-old girl who had jumped out of a pickup truck driving among the floats Saturday, police said. ...more

December 7, 2008

A top official of the Federal Emergency Management Agency admits that the agency was sluggish in its response to Texans affected by Hurricane Ike's devastation, according to a published report. ...more

November 2, 2008

Recent tax cuts have Hillsborough County pruning its landscaping budget. After announcing in March the county would stop paying to maintain foliage on five state highways, two landscapers stepped in to do the work in exchange for signs promoting their businesses. ...more

October 6, 2008

Not long after I started at the Tribune in 2002, I found myself interviewing a hearing-impaired banjo player. ...more

July 10, 2008

Abstinence Surest Policy Regarding the letter to the editor from a USF student (Sept. 20) who thinks that it's unfair that the cost of contraceptives at her school doubled, making her and other students have to 'make some tough choices about how or whether we they can afford contraception:' ...more

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