LAS VEGAS - A broken O.J. Simpson was sentenced Friday to as many as 33 years in prison for a hotel armed robbery after a judge rejected his apology and said, "It was much more than stupidity." The 61-year-old football Hall of Famer stood shackled and stone-faced as Judge Jackie Glass rattled off the punishment. Moments before, Simpson made a rambling, five-minute plea for leniency, simultaneously apologizing for the holdup as a foolish mistake and trying to justify his actions. ...more

December 5, 2008

Troy Percival will undergo surgery on his back in an attempt to resolve a problem that dogged him throughout much of the 2008 season. ...more

December 2, 2008

Home sales prices across the country declined at record rates in September, when compared with the year-ago period. The Tampa Bay area was no exception. ...more

November 26, 2008

Home sales prices declined at record rates across the country in September. In the Tampa Bay area, prices continued to fall but hovered around the same rate of decline as the previous month. Bay area sales prices fell 18.5 percent in September compared with a year ago, according to the Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller home price index released this morning. ...more

November 25, 2008

It didn't take Trever Miller long to find a new home. The veteran Rays reliever is expected to sign with the St. Louis Cardinals today, according to a report in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The newspaper reported Miller was scheduled to be in St. Louis this morning to undergo a physical, the last step before a deal would be finalized. ...more

November 20, 2008

Tampa International Airport continues to fare better than some other Florida airports in the airline industry's latest moves to conserve on fuel costs by trimming flights or replacing larger aircraft with smaller planes. ...more

November 10, 2008

Indianapolis, here we come. The Indiana city ranks fifth among the top holiday destinations, internet travel agency CheapTIckets.com reports for bookings made for flights between Nov. 24 and Dec. 1. ...more

October 31, 2008

Allegiant Air will add its 20th nonstop destination from St. Petersburg-Clearwater International Airport with flights to Plattsburgh, N.Y., beginning Dec. 20. ...more

October 16, 2008

Allegiant Air will add its 20th nonstop destination from St. Petersburg-Clearwater International Airport with flights to Plattsburgh, N.Y., beginning Dec. 20. ...more

October 15, 2008

Democrat Barack Obama outspent Republican John McCain by more than 3-1 on TV advertisements in Florida last week, with Tampa representing his second-busiest target market for ads nationally, a study shows. ...more

October 9, 2008