The first tropical depression of the Pacific hurricane season dissipated Friday off the Mexican coast. ...more

June 19, 2009

HONG KONG - The Hong Kong government says its tests have found melamine in Chinese-made Nestle brand milk. ...more

September 21, 2008

With the sun rising behind them, a dozen Tampa Electric Co. trucks rolled out of a fenced compound Saturday and headed to Beaumont, Texas, to help rebuild what Hurricane Ike tore apart. ...more

September 14, 2008

TAMPA With the sun rising behind them, a dozen Tampa Electric Co. trucks rolled out of a fenced compound today and headed to Beaumont, Texas, to help rebuild what Hurricane Ike tore apart. ...more

September 13, 2008

Hurricane Ike's deadly rampage through the Caribbean added to the mudslides and misery in Haiti before slamming into Cuba on Monday. ...more

September 9, 2008

They were among the sparks that ignited a rebellion in this small coastal city. ...more

June 16, 2008

Twenty-one people from First Baptist Church of New Tampa will leave June 21 for a weeklong mission trip to Chiclayo, Peru. ...more

June 14, 2008

Recent local newspaper articles jubilantly announced preliminary plans for ethanol to be produced by a plant just south of Lake Placid. Articles indicated the ethanol would be produced from sorghum cane that would be grown in southern Highlands County. They directed attention to the jobs that would be created by this program; however, no mention was made of the great amount of water needed to produce at least two crops of this sorghum per year and the four to five gallons of water required to produce each gallon of ethanol. ...more

May 30, 2008

A section of stands at a soccer stadium in northeastern Brazil gave way Sunday as fans cheered at the end of a game, killing eight people, police said. ...more

November 26, 2007

Two powerful bombs detonated next to a truck carrying former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto late Thursday, just hours after she returned from exile to a triumphal homecoming. More than 120 people were killed and hundreds were wounded in one of Pakistan's worst episodes of political violence. ...more

October 19, 2007