Florida officials are threatening to sue the federal government unless the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reconsiders its plan to withhold more water from federal reservoirs and lakes in Georgia. ...more

June 21, 2008

University of Florida officials sent letters Tuesday to 11,300 current and former students informing them that the university mistakenly posted their names, addresses and Social Security numbers online. ...more

June 11, 2008

University of Florida officials sent letters to 11,300 current and former students informing them that the university mistakenly posted their names, addresses and Social Security numbers online. The university used the student information between 2003 and 2005, but it remained posted unsecured online until a routine audit revealed the breach, UF officials announced Tuesday. The information has since been removed. ...more

June 10, 2008

A Florida man who has a dozen cardboard boxes filled with items from shipwrecks may have to turn over some of his treasures after inviting the state to see his finds. ...more

June 1, 2008

Does Christmas come in May? Yes! At least Betty Abshire and other Briar Patch Village residents might have been tempted to say so after Progress Energy Florida this week steered clear of Pasco County for possible routes for new transmission power lines. ...more

May 24, 2008

Blame Florida Officials Regarding Daniel Ruth's column "People Have Shed Blood For This?" (Metro, April 30): ...more

May 6, 2008

Only 10 days ago, the door seemed shut on Tampa's chances of regularly hosting the Atlantic Coast Conference football championship game. ...more

February 26, 2008

A judge has allowed former "American Idol" finalist Jessica Sierra to remain in a California drug treatment program, despite what her attorney described as ridiculous bureaucracy in that state's probation office. ...more

February 25, 2008

TAMPA -- A judge has allowed former "American Idol" finalist Jessica Sierra remain in a California drug treatment program, despite what her attorney described as ridiculous bureaucracy. ...more

February 25, 2008

Aware of a contract giving exclusive use of Raymond James Stadium to the Atlantic Coast Conference the first week in December, University of South Florida officials pursued scheduling a nationally televised Big East football game at the venue two days before the Dec. 6 ACC Championship Game. ...more

February 13, 2008