Even when you're a celebrity, finding something to wear to an inaugural ball can be tough. When "American Idol" winner Jordin Sparks was invited to perform at President Barack Obama's Commander-in-Chief Ball tonight, she couldn't find time to look for a dress. ...more

January 20, 2009

What does a teenager from Tampa wear to an inaugural ball? It didn't take long for Kristina Sutor to come up with something. She quickly settled on a royal-blue halter-top evening gown Thursday as she and five other teens from the Jim Walter Interbay Boys & Girls Club shopped for a D.C.-worthy wardrobe at Macy's at WestShore Plaza. ...more

January 16, 2009

The Polk County Sheriff's Office is searching for a missing 12-year-old girl from Fort Meade. Family friends dropped off Tamara Thomas at her godmother's home, 2985 Morris Drive, Bartow, about 3 p.m. Monday, sheriff's office spokeswoman Donna Wood said. Thomas has not been seen since. ...more

October 7, 2008

A Florida man convicted of shooting two young sisters in the head after raping and shooting their mother was executed Tuesday after a nearly two-hour delay while authorities awaited final rulings from the U.S. Supreme Court. ...more

September 24, 2008

A former school aide who was cleared of charges she molested a 6-year-old is suing the Tampa Police Department, charging that officials violated her rights and cast her in a false light when speaking to the media about the case. ...more

July 26, 2008

A former school aide who was cleared of charges she molested a 6-year-old is suing the Tampa Police Department, charging that officials violated her rights and cast her in a false light when speaking to the media about the case. ...more

July 25, 2008

If you have a mother, you have an issue. Most people deal with it through psychiatry or talking it out with friends or siblings. Dudley Clendinen chose a different approach: He spent 400 days living with his mother in a retirement home in Tampa. Then, he wrote a book about it. ...more

May 4, 2008

A 13-year-old boy accused of killing his 8-year-old brother over a dessert previously had helped hold his sibling down as their mother beat him, authorities said. ...more

October 5, 2007

Liza Minnelli is on the telephone, calling from New York, New York. She's also on the computer screen, singing 'New York, New York' onstage with Luciano Pavarotti in a concert in Italy. ...more

October 4, 2007

Liza Minnelli is on the telephone, calling from New York, New York. ...more

October 3, 2007