President Barack Obama told a sea of mourners Tuesday that the lives of 13 people who died at the hands of a gunman here last week affirm the nation's "core values" in a time of war and selfishness. ...more

November 11, 2009

The medical center that has served MacDill Air Force Base personnel, retirees and their families since 1956 has been replaced by a $104 million state-of-the-art facility. ...more

October 30, 2009

Deputies defused a four-hour standoff with a man at a home on the 12000 block of Rock Duck Road by deploying a "light chemical irritant," the sheriff's office says. ...more

March 24, 2009

Cancer patients can use this device to warn health-care professionals not to perform tests on those suffering from lymphedema. ...more

February 20, 2009

For Bob Loring, the holiday party that he hosts each year for a select group of local elementary school students is an entirely selfish effort. ...more

December 14, 2008

A federal judge today ordered that a man accused of writing threatening letters to judges be sent to a medical facility to be mentally evaluated. ...more

November 19, 2008

Less than a month after a state judge affirmed their permit, the developers of Wesley Chapel's first hospital have submitted the construction plans for county review. ...more

November 19, 2008

Sam Jones Jr. looked half asleep as he worked his way into the waiting room at the Florida Orthopaedic Institute (FOI) on Saturday. Jones, a starting middle linebacker for Tampa Bay Tech, needed the aid of crutches to maneuver his way into a chair. ...more

September 26, 2008

Kanye West and one of his bodyguards were arrested Thursday at Los Angeles International Airport after an altercation in which the rapper allegedly smashed a camera on the floor. ...more

September 12, 2008

As I kept one eye on the Olympics from Beijing the past couple of days, and another on the approaching tropical storm-hurricane, I couldn't help but recall the titanic 2001 effort by a group led by former Hillsborough Commissioner Ed Turanchik to win the 2012 Olympics for Central Florida. ...more

August 19, 2008