Florida state regulators called Thursday for several million dollars in fines against Verizon Communications Inc. for what they call "willful" lapses in basic telephone service quality. ...more

December 5, 2008

Florida state regulators Thursday called for several million dollars in fines against Verizon Communications Inc. for what they call "willful" lapses in basic telephone service quality. ...more

December 4, 2008

John Hammerberg drives past a house on a dark street off Nebraska Avenue. He notices the house lights are on. ...more

September 23, 2008

John Hammerberg drives past a house on a dark street off Nebraska Avenue. He notices that the house lights are on. Hammerberg, the chief theft investigator for Tampa Electric Co. suspects a crime is under way and returns a few minutes later with two Tampa police officers. Hammerberg is pretty sure the property owner is stealing electricity. Power to the home was cut off in May. ...more

September 22, 2008

The two men caught Sidney Garcia's eye as they strolled onto North Highland Avenue. Garcia was on his porch having a smoke. It was about 4:30 a.m. Wednesday, and he had just fed some of the neighborhood's stray cats. ...more

September 19, 2008

Around the 3100 block of North Highland Avenue, a Tampa Police officer found six poles today where copper ground wires were stripped. ...more

September 18, 2008

JetBlue Airway will start offering limited e-mail and instant messaging services free next week on Flight 641 from New York to San Francisco in the latest effort by airlines to offer in-flight Internet access. General Web surfing and e-mail attachments won't be permitted because of bandwidth constraints, and services on laptops and handhelds with Wi-Fi wireless access will be limited to e-mail and messaging from Yahoo. American Airlines is among the carriers planning to test broader, fee-based, in-flight Internet services in coming months. ...more

December 6, 2007