TAMPA - A teenager is recovering from being stabbed Wednesday, Tampa police said. Police say details are scarce because the injured teenager refused to cooperate and investigators could not find witnesses who would speak out. The stabbing occurred about 3:30 p.m. Wednesday at 19th and East Emma streets, police said. ...more

October 26, 2007

Setting up another confrontation with congressional Democrats over the war in Iraq, President Bush sent Congress a $45.9 billion emergency funding request Monday for expenses related to U.S. military campaigns. ...more

October 23, 2007

O.J. Simpson wanted armed men with him when he confronted two sports memorabilia dealers, according to a co-defendant who has agreed to plead guilty and testify against the former football star. ...more

October 18, 2007

Hillsborough County deputies Friday arrested a 22-year-old woman on felony molestation charges after learning of a relationship between her and a 15-year-old boy, officials said. ...more

October 13, 2007

A lawyer for one of O.J. Simpson's co-defendants in an armed robbery case said Friday that his client will plead guilty Monday to a reduced charge and testify against Simpson and four others. ...more

October 13, 2007

A Polk County jury on Friday convicted Heizel Gonzalez-Martinez, a 26-year-old woman accused of luring the father of her child to a violent death at the hands of her boyfriend, on second-degree murder and accessory charges. ...more

October 13, 2007

Los Angeles manager Mike Scioscia made his choice. Boston slugger Manny Ramirez made it the wrong one. ...more

October 7, 2007

Chris Gratton's second homecoming in the Lightning's season opener Thursday will be remembered, and rightly so, for his third-period scrap with New Jersey's David Clarkson. ...more

October 6, 2007

Police were continuing this week to search for a gunman who they say mortally wounded a Dover man while the victim was riding in a car on eastbound Interstate 4. ...more

October 6, 2007

PLANT CITY - Police were continuing this week to search for a suspect who they say mortally wounded a Dover man while the victim was riding in a car on eastbound Interstate 4. The victim, Jesus Rodriguez, 23, died Monday. Detectives say traffic was heavy on I-4 about 11 p.m. Friday when he was shot near the Alexander Street/Thonotosassa Road exit. Plant City police Sgt. Jim Shultz said detectives are hoping witnesses "saw something strange," wrote down the license plate number of the suspect's vehicle, or can provide more information. ...more

October 2, 2007