Florida's Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink has set up a task force to protect the state's elderly from financial fraud. The task force had its first meeting Monday in Tampa, hearing from victims with an eye on proposing legislation to toughen state statutes. ...more

October 7, 2008

Born in Chicago on Dec. 5, 1972, Cliff Floyd personifies the City of the Big Shoulders. The Rays' mountain of a designated hitter is back in his hometown this weekend, hoping to help Tampa Bay end the season of the team he rooted for as a kid. ...more

October 5, 2008

The Bucs ended practice in prayer Wednesday, with 60 players and more than two dozen coaches and staff members kneeling, heads bowed, for a family member who never got the chance to kick a football. ...more

September 25, 2008

The man who was found dead Tuesday afternoon, face down in the water in the Intracoastal Waterway, has been identified as Taylor Ryan Jones, 25, Clearwater police said. ...more

September 24, 2008

Dykerius Cross wanted to know what he could do to get back on the football team. ...more

September 18, 2008

A 1-year-old baby who investigators think might have been the victim of shaken-baby syndrome at a Palm Harbor home day care center died over the weekend, according to the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office. ...more

September 2, 2008

The third edition of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement's cold-case playing cards will be unveiled Friday morning. The cold-case decks, which feature real playing cards, were first used in state prisons in July 2007 to solve homicide and missing persons cases. ...more

August 28, 2008

I inherited a home from a family member, and it has no mortgage. The house is in California and I am in Georgia. The caretaker, who was instrumental in taking care of my elderly aunt before her death, wants the house but would not qualify for the mortgage based on her income or assets. ...more

August 28, 2008

A man in a fistfight with his stepfather in the front yard of their Manatee County home this morning set fire to the house when he realized his mother was calling 911, the Manatee County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

August 24, 2008

When it comes to saving lives, God trumps doctors for many Americans. A survey reveals widespread belief that divine intervention can revive dying patients. And, researchers said, doctors "need to be prepared to deal with families who are waiting for a miracle." ...more

August 19, 2008