Patrolling school zones for speeders is a routine but important job, and sometimes traffic patrol officers come across something unexpected. ...more

November 4, 2009

Shuttle Discovery and its crew of seven returned to Earth on Saturday and successfully wrapped up a construction mission that left the International Space Station with all its solar wings and extra electrical power. ...more

March 29, 2009

Windy weather scuttled the first attempt to land. Now the shuttle is expected to touch down at 3:14 p.m. ...more

March 28, 2009

The clouds that shrouded the Tampa Bay area this morning have slipped away, making way for sunny skies. ...more

January 30, 2009

Not only has it been frigid outside, but many Pasco residents and businesses were feeling a chill inside Thursday morning as power outages had people reaching for extra blankets. ...more

January 23, 2009

3:03 p.m.: Hillsborough County Property Appraiser Rob Turner is in the midst of a final push to get out the vote. He is visiting voting precincts from one end of the county to the other. ...more

November 4, 2008

Wall Street's worst fears came to pass Monday when the government's financial bailout plan failed in Congress and stocks plunged precipitously - hurtling the Dow Jones industrials down nearly 780 points in their largest one-day point drop ever. Credit markets, whose turmoil helped feed the stock market's angst, froze up further amid the growing belief that the country is headed into a spreading credit and economic crisis. ...more

September 30, 2008

By midafternoon Saturday, no hard evidence remained from what had transpired in the visitors' clubhouse at Comerica Park some 12 hours earlier. ...more

September 28, 2008

Barack Obama's presidential campaign said it raised $10 million Thursday after the Republican National Convention speech by rival John McCain's running mate, Sarah Palin. ...more

September 5, 2008

A jetliner heading to the popular Canary Islands vacation resort crashed during takeoff Wednesday, turning a wooded area off the end of a runway into a nightmarish scene of charred bodies and smoldering wreckage. About 153 were believed dead in Spain's worst air disaster in nearly 25 years. ...more

August 21, 2008