The 12,800-acre Cone Ranch will someday be part of Hillsborough County's conservation lands program, county commissioners decided Wednesday. ...more

December 17, 2009

President Obama's decision on Afghanistan was tardy, messy - and courageous. ...more

December 6, 2009

Three characters on "Gossip Girl" (Dan, Vanessa and Olivia) are going to share a bed on tonight's episode. And that steamy plot twist has got a conservative group all hot and bothered. ...more

November 9, 2009

The officiating crew from Saturday's Arkansas at Florida football game will be removed from its next scheduled assignment on Oct. 31 and will not be assigned to officiate as a crew until Nov. 14, Southeastern Conference Commissioner Mike Slive announced Wednesday. ...more

October 22, 2009

The officiating crew from last Saturday's Arkansas-Florida football game will be removed from its next scheduled assignment on Oct. 31 and will not be assigned to officiate as a crew until Nov. 14, Southeastern Conference commissioner Mike Slive announced Wednesday. ...more

October 22, 2009

Authorities say the man charged with killing a security guard at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum will likely survive the injuries he suffered when other museum guards returned fire. ...more

June 14, 2009

With the 2009 season about to begin, the three best teams in baseball all may reside in the AL East. The Tampa Tribune and TBO.com will break down the Beasts of the East and ask you opinions on each category. ...more

April 1, 2009

Bernard Madoff will plead guilty Thursday to 11 criminal counts including money laundering, perjury and securities, mail and wire fraud and will do so without a plea deal, knowing it carries a potential prison term of 150 years, lawyers said today in court. ...more

March 10, 2009

I lay awake last night thinking of the wonderful achievements we have made during my lifetime. In my childhood some of us dreamed of some day falling heir to one million dollars. Why, if I had a million dollars I would never have to work. I could live in comfort all my life off the interest from that $1,000,000 and could be buried in luxury. There was no expectation of ever achieving such a goal but one could dream, couldn't one? One could also dream that the representatives we sent to D.C (aka District of Colombia) would be humble people whose goal would be to serve the people back home to the best of their ability. They did not deal in very large sums of money. ...more

March 10, 2009

I am very upset with the state of Florida for the mishandling of the homeowners insurance industry. I have been a State Farm policyholder for 26 years, my rates are very reasonable, and now I will be forced to look elsewhere. ...more

March 9, 2009