What prosecutors describe as dangerous explosives were actually harmless, homemade model rockets, a defense attorney told jurors as the trial of former University of South Florida student Youssef Megahed opened Wednesday. ...more

March 19, 2009

What deputies thought were pipe bombs and prosecutors describe as dangerous explosives were actually harmless, homemade model rockets, a defense lawyer told jurors as the trial of Youssef Megahed opened this morning. ...more

March 18, 2009

A federal judge this afternoon began the tedious process of winnowing the pool of potential jurors into those who will hear testimony in the case of Youssef Megahed, a former University of South Florida student charged with transporting explosives. ...more

March 16, 2009

The YouTube video was on the Internet only a few days but was viewed nearly 800 times before the Web site operators saw it and took it down, prosecutors said. ...more

December 19, 2008

A former University of South Florida student was sentenced this morning to 15 years in federal prison for providing aid to terrorists by making an Internet video on how to use a toy to start a bomb by remote control ...more

December 18, 2008

Plans to widen Eiland Boulevard could ease congestion around Zephyrhills High School but might also require a realignment of the school's baseball field. ...more

November 27, 2008

Ahmed Mohamed came to the United States to gather "information about explosives and acquiring components in this country to construct explosives to cause harm within this country," a federal prosecutor asserts in a newly filed court document. Mohamed, an Egyptian student in the United States to attend the University of South Florida, is scheduled to be sentenced Friday after pleading guilty to providing material support to terrorists by making and posting on the Web site You Tube a video in which he shows how to use a remote-controlled device to detonate a bomb. ...more

November 5, 2008

Nine months after he was arrested in South Carolina, former University of South Florida student Youssef Megahed walked out of a federal courthouse Monday, free to live in his parents' home while prosecutors appeal an evidence ruling. ...more

May 6, 2008

TAMPA – Nine months after he was arrested in South Carolina, former University of South Florida student Youssef Megahed walked out of a federal courthouse Monday, free to live in his parents' house while prosecutors appeal an evidence ruling. ...more

May 5, 2008

Two University of South Florida students were pulled over on a South Carolina highway in August because of the color of their skin, their attorneys argued Wednesday. ...more

February 21, 2008