When the Bucs line up against the Saints today, Simeon Rice will be home in Chicago waiting for the phone to ring. ...more

December 1, 2007

NEW PORT RICHEY - Volunteers searching for a missing young mother Saturday found items they hope will yield clues to her disappearance. ...more

November 18, 2007

LAKELAND - Video clips that are the source of some of the charges against 18-year-old Shawn Newberry do little to answer the key question surrounding the 18-year-old gun enthusiast: Was the collection of weaponry and body armor he amassed through much of 2007 part of a destructive plot? ...more

October 30, 2007

A registered sexual offender who authorities say raped a 15-year-old girl after using the Internet to lure her from home is back in Polk County to face charges. ...more

October 29, 2007

TAMPA - Shares in Wellcare Health Plans were hammered this morning, dropping more than $60 at one point in heavy trading on the New York Stock Exchange, as investors fled the stock after a federal raid on the company Wednesday. At 11 a.m. shares were down $60.53, or more than 50 percent, to $54.64. ...more

October 25, 2007

Countrywide Financial Corp., the nation's largest mortgage lender, said Tuesday it will begin calling borrowers to offer refinancing or modifications on $16 billion in loans whose interest rate is set to adjust by the end of 2008. Its shares fell more than 4 percent. ...more

October 23, 2007