A federal magistrate today ordered the release of a Lakeland man who told authorities he sold steroids to professional athletes. ...more

June 4, 2009

A sense of normalcy returned to the Lightning locker room Friday. Gone was the media throng that had descended on the Forum the day before. Missing was the air of doubt surrounding iconic center Vinny Lecavalier and a possible trade to his hometown Montreal Canadiens. Absent were members of the Montreal press corps, who flew down to get the scoop before swooping back out of town. ...more

January 17, 2009

A top official of the Federal Emergency Management Agency admits that the agency was sluggish in its response to Texans affected by Hurricane Ike's devastation, according to a published report. ...more

November 2, 2008

Sen. Barack Obama wants to raise taxes on high-income workers to ease Social Security's looming cash crunch. Sen. John McCain favors voluntary private accounts for younger wage earners, saying they can't count on the same government benefits as today's retirees. ...more

October 19, 2008

Prosecutors made a "limited-time offer" Friday to Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick: Resign by Sept. 3 in exchange for the dismissal of one of the two assault charges he faces. Kilpatrick rejected the deal, which a mayoral spokesman dismissed as grandstanding. ...more

August 23, 2008

Hillsborough County commissioners stirred a hornet's nest last year by proposing to eliminate local protections for wetlands. Public outcry made them back off, though they ordered a review of developers' complaints that county rules were arbitrary and extreme. ...more

July 17, 2008

Milikije Arifi has lived in Switzerland for more than 30 years, since she was 18, and raised a family here. ...more

June 1, 2008

The city has decided to close down its struggling bus system. City Manager David Sollenberger said he is terminating Strawberry Express at the end of next month at an annual savings of $182,500. ...more

May 28, 2008

TAMPA - John Pool wants to know why the U.S. Department of Labor is saying no. ...more

May 6, 2008

WASHINGTON Roger Clemens and Brian McNamee kept a tight grip on their contradictory accounts of illegal drug use in a dramatic showdown Wednesday before a congressional panel whose 40 Democrats and Republicans seemed to line up and take sides on a partisan basis. ...more

February 14, 2008