About 200 children were fatally abused in Florida in 2008, a roughly 20 percent increase from 2007. Unemployment rates and drug use also increased in the state - a factor in many of the deaths, according to a preliminary report. ...more

December 30, 2009

About 200 children were fatally abused in Florida in 2008, a substantial increase from past years as unemployment rates and drug use also increased in the state. ...more

December 29, 2009

In his 1937 "Great Contemporaries," Winston Churchill wrote, "Whatever else may be thought about (Hitler's) exploits, they are among the most remarkable in the whole history of the world." ...more

August 13, 2008

TAMPA - Standing on the portable stage set up outside Tampa police headquarters for the department's annual memorial ceremony, Mayor Pam Iorio recalled how at last year's service she had to leave to visit John Armao, an officer shot while serving an arrest warrant. Armao survived, but his injuries will prevent him from returning to duty. The annual service, she said, is a stark reminder of the dangers faced by the men and women of law enforcement. ...more

May 9, 2008

By next month, the city plans to hire a contractor to maintain its nearly 13,000 fire hydrants. ...more

January 26, 2008

Eighty six years ago, Armistice Day, Nov. 11, 1921 (11th month, 11th day, 11th hour,) the Unknown Soldier was buried in Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia, across the Potomac River from Washington. The Tomb bears the inscription "Here rest in honored glory an American soldier known only but to God." Congress later directed an unknown soldier from each of the three wars; W.W.II, Korean War and Vietnam, be buried near or beside the tomb of the Unknown Soldier. The W.W.II and Korean soldiers were buried on Memorial Day in 1958 in marble crypts at the head of the tomb, and the Unknown Soldier from Vietnam was buried between them. Members of the Honor Guard Company of the 1st Battle Group, 3rd Infantry, Fort Myers, Va. keeps a sentry on duty at all times at the tomb. The sentry is changed every hour during the day and about every two hours at night. ...more

November 3, 2007