It was about this time last season that Jim Leavitt's South Florida Bulls began to crash the big party. They already had an upset win at Auburn in their pockets when they topped fifth-ranked West Virginia on a Friday night at Raymond James Stadium on national TV. ...more

September 13, 2008

A brilliant lightning strike that sent fire down the power lines fried a traffic signal at Powell Road and Broad Street on Tuesday afternoon and tied up traffic for more than two hours. ...more

June 11, 2008

There was a blinding flash when the 82-millimeter mortar shell fired by insurgents landed on the rooftop of a building in Al Yusififah, a dangerous piece of real estate 25 kilometers southwest of Baghdad. The shell landed about five feet from U.S. Army 1st Lt. Ivan Castro. ...more

February 11, 2008