Law enforcement agencies reported 141 arrests Saturday during Gasparilla parade festivities as an estimated 350,000 people converged on downtown Tampa for the annual celebration, a Tampa police report showed. ...more

February 7, 2009

CARROLLWOOD In an effort to ward off evil spirits, colorful lions helped ring in the Year of the Ox. The costume lions were part of a Jan. 31 Chinese New Year event at First International Oriental Market. ...more

February 5, 2009

Lightning right wing Marty St. Louis is taking an unexpected trip home this weekend. St. Louis was named late Thursday as a replacement for Sidney Crosby, who withdrew for the second consecutive year due to injury, for the Eastern Conference team for Sunday's All-Star game in his native Montreal. ...more

January 23, 2009

NEW YORK (AP) - Millions of workers at small businesses across the country will take time next Tuesday to watch Barack Obama be sworn in as president - and will do so with their bosses' blessings. ...more

January 18, 2009

President-elect Barack Obama stepped onto a train car built in 1939, a time when his presidency would not have been possible in America, and set off for Washington on Saturday in a three-day prelude to his inauguration as the country's 44th president. ...more

January 18, 2009

MIAMI — Plans for an organized gathering in Miami when Fidel Castro dies appear to have fizzled, now that the Orange Bowl stadium is no longer standing. ...more

January 15, 2009

Country singer Faith Hill has been selected to sing "America the Beautiful" during the Super Bowl XLIII pregame festivities at Raymond James Stadium on Feb.1, the National Football League and NBC announced today. ...more

January 15, 2009

The Florida Gators held a celebration Sunday that made for a perfect reason to celebrate. ...more

January 12, 2009

Put on your orange and blue and let the celebrations continue. Gators fans are expected to pile into Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in Gainesville on Sunday for a celebration with the University of Florida's national championship football team. ...more

January 10, 2009

The University of Florida will celebrate its latest national football championship on Sunday at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in Gainesville. ...more

January 9, 2009