Plastic pipes in the trunk of a car pulled over in South Carolina in 2007 contained a "low-explosive" mixture of sugar and potassium nitrate, an FBI expert testified this morning in the federal trial of a former University of South Florida student. ...more

March 23, 2009

Crews this morning successfully demolished another underwater section of the old John's Pass Bridge as part of the state's ongoing bridge replacement project. ...more

December 16, 2008

Demolition crews are scheduled to detonate an underwater section of the old Johns Pass bridge Thursday morning, causing a minor inconvenience to motorists and mariners. ...more

November 19, 2008

U.S. forces may be close to unlocking the mystery of who is behind a deadly innovation in Iraqi insurgents' weapons, a "lob bomb" now being used in Baghdad to target U.S. and Iraqi combat outposts, a senior American general said Friday. ...more

July 12, 2008

TAMPA - One minute Catarina Felix was at a stop sign in Fort Myers on July 4. Seconds later, the back seat of her car was filled with smoke, fire and screams from her two toddlers. ...more

July 9, 2008

A leading Sunni political party's headquarters in western Iraq was blown up early Thursday morning, and in southern Iraq, where Shiite factions have been fighting one another, a powerful bomb was discovered on the road to an important Shiite shrine. ...more

June 13, 2008

TAMPA - A University of South Florida student told investigators he made a videotape about remote bomb detonation to help people in Arab countries fight invading infidels, including U.S. military forces, according to an FBI affidavit. ...more

September 27, 2007