Hundreds of military veterans and spouses are expected to converge downtown this morning looking for jobs at the RecruitMilitary Opportunity Expo. The job fair takes place at the David A. Straz Jr. Center for the Performing Arts, formerly known as the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. today. ...more

December 3, 2009

With the implementation of the Post-9/11 GI Bill on Aug. 1, our country created a new generation of potential college students from our nation's active-duty service members, reservists, National Guard members and veterans. We educators are thrilled about this advance, including those of us at Florida's private colleges and universities. ...more

November 11, 2009

(AP) Florida is preparing for one of its largest National Guard mobilizations in history. ...more

April 25, 2009

Florida is preparing for one of its largest National Guard mobilizations in history. ...more

April 24, 2009

It's hard to believe at first glance that the son of a Riverview couple is smack dab in the middle of the fight against terrorism. ...more

October 1, 2008

WASHINGTON - Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is scheduled to meet with Afghan President Hamid Karzai next week in New York, campaign officials for GOP nominee John McCain confirmed Saturday. ...more

September 20, 2008

The passage of Hurricane Ike through the Gulf of Mexico, on its projected path to strike the Texas-Louisiana border this weekend, will bring high surf along the coastline and change the Bay area's weather over the next few days. ...more

September 9, 2008

An unsettling sense of the past repeating itself pervaded this city Wednesday as Gustav crept this way through the Caribbean, two days before Hurricane Katrina's third anniversary. ...more

August 28, 2008

Smoke rose from burning heaps of wreckage Saturday as residents of rural Arkansas cleaned up what was left of their homes after deadly tornadoes scoured a state that has been plagued by severe weather this year. ...more

May 4, 2008

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger flipped the coin, thanked the firefighters and yelled, 'Go, Chargers, go!' ...more

October 29, 2007