In the mid-1960s, Tampa was in the midst of a garbage crisis. The city's municipal landfills were nearing capacity and a new incinerator was months from being built. Illegal dumps were cropping up across Hillsborough County. ...more

March 23, 2009

Former Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker and Adam Goldstein, known as celebrity DJ AM, were injured critically in a fiery Learjet crash in South Carolina that killed four other people, including Barker's bodyguard and his personal assistant. ...more

September 21, 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