Fresh off a 10-round majority decision against Epifanio Mendoza, Jeff Lacy spoke Thursday of an anticipated showdown with former Olympic teammate Jermain Taylor. ...more

July 26, 2008

For years officials in Pinellas County pushed the Florida Department of Transportation to extend the Gandy Bridge, a major span crossing Tampa Bay, to the Crosstown Expressway. This, they said, was needed to improve traffic flow during hurricane evacuation. ...more

July 26, 2008

While there are teams that have their quarterback situation already figured out for next season, most don't have that luxury and are using the Pasco County 7-on-7 league to help find a starter for the position. ...more

July 1, 2008

Gov. Charlie Crist on Wednesday evoked President Kennedy's challenge to land on the moon and called for the same dedication and innovation to finding ways to save the Earth in an address that kicked off his second annual summit on climate change. ...more

June 26, 2008

President Bush said Wednesday that Cuba's post-Fidel Castro leadership has made only "empty gestures at reform" and rejected calls for the easing of U.S. restrictions on the communist island. ...more

May 8, 2008

A Los Angeles Superior Court commissioner gave Britney Spears' father the power to fire the singer's business manager, according to documents released Friday. ...more

February 9, 2008

Despite a last-minute change of heart for two of Florida's four-star commitments, Gators coach Urban Meyer was able to celebrate his third consecutive top-three recruiting class as National Signing Day unfolded. ...more

February 7, 2008

The addition of DE/LB William Green to the Gators' list of verbal commitments this past Wednesday nudged Florida back to the top of Rivals.com's recruiting class rankings a week before National Signing Day. ...more

February 3, 2008

Democrats in the midst of their own roiling presidential nomination fight followed President Bush's State of the Union address not so much with a response as with their own theme of bipartisan cooperation. ...more

January 29, 2008

Thinking he had been released from jail legitimately, Michael Hess went back to the restaurant where he had worked and asked about getting his job back. ...more

January 13, 2008