Four men are accused of running two marijuana-growing operations with a total of 188 plants worth roughly $540,000, authorities said. ...more

November 26, 2008

Bombs killed at least eight people Sunday across Iraq and wounded dozens of others, officials said. Syria's president blamed the U.S. military presence for Iraq's instability and called on U.S. troops to leave. ...more

November 10, 2008

"Giants: The Parallel Lives of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln," by John Stauffer (Twelve, $30) ...more

November 2, 2008

Most everyone in the audience for the second semi-final round of Heartland Idol knew it was going to be a special night when Donnie Shaffer, the night's first singer, blew a fuse and knocked out the sound system. ...more

October 25, 2008

The Rays will experience another first in a season of them tonight at Tropicana Field, and it could go either way. ...more

October 19, 2008

A local man prosecutors say was part of the Gambino organized crime family says he is being prosecuted under harsh federal laws because he knows people from his old New York neighborhood. ...more

October 14, 2008

Police charged four men in two similar robberies on Tuesday, one involving a 12-year-old boy, records show. ...more

October 8, 2008

A police sting operation resulted in four men arrested on charges of soliciting prostitution late Saturday night and early this morning along Nebraska Avenue. ...more

October 5, 2008

Four men were arrested Wednesday, accused of stealing air conditioners from a vacant condominium complex in Clearwater, the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

October 2, 2008

Four men tried removing palmetto berries from a state park in Wimauma on Wednesday morning, Hillsborough County deputies say. ...more

September 25, 2008