When the Army last year awarded a contract worth up to nearly $300 million to a tiny Miami Beach munitions dealer to supply ammunition to Afghanistan's security forces, it overlooked a very checkered past. ...more

June 25, 2008

It did not take Tampa Bay long to realize it could not spell MVP without Vinny Prospal. ...more

June 24, 2008

Launching a small business is never easy, but a combination of a weak economy, a depressed housing market and a drop in home equity may be preventing many small businesses from even opening. ...more

May 21, 2008

Rex Jameson bikes and swims regularly, and plays tennis and skis when time allows. But the 5-foot-11, 180-pound software engineer is lucky if he presses 200 pounds - that is, until he steps into an "exoskeleton" of aluminum and electronics that multiplies his strength and endurance as many as 20 times. ...more

May 17, 2008

The Bucs have elected to retain receiver Paris Warren, but they could lose safety Kalvin Pearson to free agency. ...more

February 19, 2008

TAMPA The absence and presence of D Dan Boyle on the ice each stand out for the same reason - he means that much to the Lightning attack. ...more

February 3, 2008

Bill Stewart didn't need an actual job interview. His performance in the 2 1/2 weeks since Rich Rodriguez resigned, punctuated by West Virginia's resounding victory over Oklahoma in the Fiesta Bowl, was enough. ...more

January 4, 2008

The mood surrounding the Lightning locker room these days is as somber as a rainy day funeral procession. ...more

December 29, 2007

TAMPA - The mood surrounding the Lightning locker room these days is as somber as a rainy day funeral procession. There has been little emotion, scarce smiles and a miniscule amount of enjoyment. And it didn't get much better Friday when goaltender Marc Denis was absent from practice after he was placed on waivers, all but ending his tumultuous two seasons in a Lightning uniform. ...more

December 28, 2007

There was a time when Manhattan Beach residents would have said there was no life on the east side of the city. ...more

December 15, 2007