Lawmakers are plunging back into the contentious debate over whether the state should compel ultrasounds for women seeking abortions. ...more

March 19, 2009

A House committee wants to require women in Florida to get an ultrasound before they can get an abortion. ...more

March 18, 2009

President Barack Obama said today he is allowing federal taxpayer dollars to fund significantly broader research on embryonic stem cells because "medical miracles do not happen simply by accident," and promised his administration would make up for the ground lost under his predecessor. ...more

March 9, 2009

The Iraqi parliament will vote Wednesday on a pact that would allow U.S. troops to stay in Iraq for three more years, but the government's hopes of winning a wide margin of approval to ensure the deal's legitimacy appeared to be fading. ...more

November 23, 2008

A new study finds that the strongest hurricanes and typhoons have become even stronger over the past 21/2 decades, adding grist to the contentious debate over whether global warming has made storms more destructive. ...more

September 4, 2008

After a contentious debate Thursday, the Hillsborough County Aviation Authority selected a New York architectural firm as the top prospect to draft preliminary designs for Tampa International Airport's proposed North Terminal. ...more

July 11, 2008

The Hillsborough County Aviation Authority selected a New York firm Thursday for a $15.8 million conceptual design contract for Tampa International Airport's proposed North Terminal after a contentious debate over whether the agency should favor a local company. ...more

July 10, 2008

The Florida Marlins finally have an agreement for the baseball-only ballpark they have coveted for nearly a decade. ...more

February 22, 2008

In a fiercely contentious debate, Mitt Romney tried to halt the momentum propelling Sen. John McCain after his victory in the Florida primary by charging in a debate Wednesday that McCain's positions on immigration, campaign finance and the environment were "outside the mainstream of conservative Republican thought." ...more

January 31, 2008

Less than a week before County Attorney Robert Sumner is slated to retire, his chief assistant, Barbara Wilhite, has resigned to return to the private sector. ...more

January 15, 2008