The state's gaming compact with the Seminole tribe could cost Florida billions of dollars in the long run, parimutuel owners argued on Thursday. ...more

February 13, 2009

More than $14,000 in cash was seized when deputies busted up a card game Monday evening. ...more

January 28, 2009

Lightning center and No. 1 overall draft pick Steven Stamkos is making the transition this season from junior star to NHL regular. Throughout the season, the 18-year-old from Markham, Ontario, will share his experiences with Tribune writer Erik Erlendsson and provide a weekly diary to offer Tribune readers an insight to a new way of life along his rookie journey. ...more

November 9, 2008

Cool as ever on his first day in the major leagues, David Price figured he wouldn't have much trouble finding his way around during his first visit to the Big Apple. ...more

September 14, 2008

During the second half of the 2007-08 school year, Arron Duncan walked into the Wesley Chapel lunchroom, a fresh face on campus. ...more

September 3, 2008

If Randy Shannon loses a card game, he's not happy. Beat him at dominoes, he'll be miserable. Take him down in checkers, it could ruin the rest of his day. ...more

August 25, 2008

A Texas woman who caused her lover's shooting death by falsely crying rape was convicted Friday of involuntary manslaughter. ...more

May 3, 2008

Tests on more than 1,200 children's products, most of them still on store shelves, found that 35 percent contain lead - many with levels far above the federal recall standard used for lead paint. ...more

December 6, 2007

Pinellas County sheriff's investigators on Monday continued trying to confirm claims by a Clearwater man that he boarded an airplane with three bullet wounds. They also were trying to confirm whether he was even shot. ...more

October 23, 2007

LARGO - A Clearwater man's claim that he got on an airplane with three gunshot wounds was significantly cast into doubt Monday as investigators found it impossible to corroborate most of what he told authorities. "Our investigators are not able to confirm most of this guy's story," including whether he was even shot in Pinellas County before he boarded a US Airways flight at Tampa International Airport on Saturday at 7 p.m., Pinellas sheriff's Sgt. Jim Bordner said. ...more

October 22, 2007