A top Afghan military official said today that a key part of President Barack Obama's new war plan — accelerating the training of Afghan soldiers — does not go far enough to meet the country's defense needs. ...more

December 1, 2009

Responding to "many, many complaints," police launched a sting on Tuesday to cut back illegal sales of alcohol to minors. ...more

May 15, 2009

An accident on Interstate 4 in which a pedestrian was struck and killed has snarled traffic for miles. ...more

December 23, 2008

Afghan police say a suicide car bomb has exploded about 200 yards outside the main entrance to the U.S. Embassy in Kabul in an attack against an American convoy. ...more

November 26, 2008

U.S.-led troops attacked a compound where Taliban leaders were meeting and killed 30 militants, American and Afghan military officials said Friday, but the Interior Ministry said a large number of civilians died. The United States said it would investigate. ...more

August 23, 2008

A second person shot in a convenience store robbery Sunday has died, police said. ...more

August 21, 2008

A second person shot in a convenience store robbery Sunday has died, St. Petersburg police say. Ronald Hayworth, a 50-year-old transient who was a customer in the store, died at 11:40 a.m. Tuesday, St. Petersburg police spokesman Bill Proffitt said. ...more

August 20, 2008

Doctors give 95 percent of funding ...more

August 17, 2008

PUL-E-ALAM, Afghanistan - Taliban fighters with assault rifles shredded a U.S. aid group's SUV with dozens of bullets Wednesday, killing three Western women and their Afghan driver amid an escalating militant onslaught against humanitarian workers in Afghanistan. ...more

August 14, 2008

The word on Keith Thurman when he was an amateur was that he was destined to be a hard-hitting professional. Of his 101 amateur victories, 76 were by knockout. ...more

January 19, 2008