The Obama administration vowed today to keep up military surveillance in waters off China and protested to China about what it called harassment of an American ship doing that work last week. The Pentagon charged that a Chinese intelligence gathering vessel and four others "shadowed and maneuvered dangerously close" to the USNS Impeccable surveillance ship in the South China Sea on Sunday, then threw obstacles in the water as it tried to leave. ...more

March 9, 2009

The Rev. James L. Bevel, a prominent figure in the civil rights movement whose legacy was clouded by an incest conviction has died, a relative said. He was 72. ...more

December 20, 2008

An Indian warship destroyed a suspected pirate vessel Tuesday off the Horn of Africa. It was the second time in a week that India has used force to fight piracy off the eastern coast of Africa. ...more

November 29, 2008

The above-average rainfall of this summer is supposed to help fill Tampa Bay Water's C.W. Bill Young Reservoir in Hillsborough County. Instead, it is posing problems. The reservoir's soil-cement lining, which is designed to control erosion, is cracking. So are the patches. ...more

August 15, 2008

Steven Blackwell has been behind bars since June 2, but his house at 4550 39th St. N in St. Petersburg became a headache for firefighters and law enforcement last night, authorities say. ...more

June 28, 2008

An 86-year-old woman is expected to be OK after a fire broke out on her patio early Wednesday morning. ...more

November 29, 2007