Frank Godden is baffled by Christmas trees. The truck that carries stacks of Christmas trees from a farm far away to a lot near you might as well be a hearse, the way Godden sees it. ...more

December 20, 2009

Deputies are investigating two bodies found at the Sunshine Skyway Bridge. ...more

October 13, 2009

On the opening episode of "The Rookies," a young Tampa cop gets fingerprint dust all over his face and another gets a lesson in how to use handcuffs. ...more

October 14, 2008

Federal officials investigating a commuter rail collision that killed 25 people said Sunday that they were looking into a report that an engineer blamed for running a stop signal before the crash may have been text messaging around the same time. ...more

September 15, 2008

"Alive in Necropolis," by Doug Dorst (Riverhead, $25.95) ...more

July 14, 2008

There are new signs that the worst of the global credit crisis is yet to come, and that banks and brokerages caught up in the market turmoil may lose $1 trillion by the time it has passed. ...more

June 19, 2008

When the dogs took a special, sniffy interest in her "snake plant" last year about this time, Mary Winemiller grew curious. She finally went outside to investigate. ...more

May 28, 2008

Hospitals make the healer nervous, and before her lies a long institutional hallway. But she pushes forward, like she always does, because she has to. The man who needs her help is waiting. ...more

May 24, 2008

Some survivors arrived half-naked, others wore clothes that they had scavenged from the dead. ...more

May 8, 2008

"The Deadly Neighbors," by Merry Jones (St. Martin's Minotaur, $25) ...more

December 23, 2007