Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius has won Senate confirmation to serve as the nation's health and human services secretary. ...more

April 28, 2009

Mayor Pam Iorio will mark Earth Day by unveiling a new recycling program today. Working with the Tampa Downtown Partnership, the city will place 20 receptacles for recycling plastic and aluminum throughout downtown and the Channel District. Dozens of green receptacles will be placed along well-traveled pedestrian corridors. ...more

April 22, 2009

Marion County students will be required to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance, a decision announced after district officials decided against altering guidelines listed in the student code of conduct. ...more

April 14, 2009

The worst sound Eric Funkhouser said he has ever heard was a 10-second "voom" followed by what he later found out were his neighbor's screams. ...more

April 12, 2009

A man is recovering after surviving a small plane crash in Englewood that killed his travel companion. ...more

April 5, 2009

A French musicians guild says Oscar-winning film composer Maurice Jarre has died at the age of 84. ...more

March 30, 2009

Residents in a tornado-ravaged community took advantage of clearing skies Thursday to collect family keepsakes and begin cleaning up from a storm that left 28 injured and dozens of homes and businesses flattened. ...more

March 27, 2009

As more Floridians face losing their homes to foreclosure, more crooks emerge to take advantage of them, and the state's attorney general says the problem has become a crisis. ...more

March 27, 2009

Florida's attorney general says mortgage fraud in the state has become a crisis, and he's asking state agencies to step up their plans to battle mortgage fraud in a more cooperative way. ...more

March 26, 2009

Baseball fans going to Sunday's Yankees-Pirates spring training game at Steinbrenner Field might want to show up early to catch a dedication ceremony involving dozens of local firefighters. ...more

March 25, 2009