Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Thursday that he had reason to think U.S. personnel were in the combat zone during the recent war in Georgia, adding that if confirmed, their presence suggested "someone in the United States" provoked the conflict to help one of the candidates in the American presidential race. ...more

August 29, 2008

After more than a year of negotiations, protests and a lawsuit, Tampa's firefighters won the pay increases they had been seeking. ...more

August 23, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - Imagine Charter School at Land O' Lakes, which opened this week in a temporary location, still plans to move to a permanent site in August 2009. ...more

August 23, 2008

The City Council has given Tampa firefighters most of the pay increase they were seeking. ...more

August 22, 2008

Baseball umpires and management signed an agreement Wednesday that will allow the sport to start using instant replay to help determine calls on the field. ...more

August 21, 2008

TAMPA - Not every city controversy makes its way to YouTube. ...more

August 20, 2008

Iraq and the United States are near an agreement on all American combat troops leaving Iraq by October 2010, with the last soldiers out three years after that, two Iraqi officials told The Associated Press on Thursday. U.S. officials, however, insisted no dates had been agreed. ...more

August 8, 2008

The push is on to get draft picks signed in time for the start of training camp, but the efforts of NFL teams, including the Buccaneers, are being met with some unusual resistance. ...more

July 17, 2008

School Employee Step Increases Postponed By RONNIE BLAIR The Tampa Tribune LAND O' LAKES The annual step increases in pay for Pasco County School District employees will be postponed for at least a month as contract negotiators for the employees' union and the school district wait to get a better handle on the budget. "We're not even going to discuss that matter any more until the end of July until we get better financial information," Terry Rhum, the district's director of employee relations, said Monday. The school district and negotiators for United School Employees of Pasco agreed to postpone the pay increases and discussions about them during negotiations Monday. Rhum said in the next few weeks the district's finance department will be closing down the 2007-08 fiscal year, which ended Monday, and the financial picture for 2008-09 should become clearer. ...more

June 30, 2008

The Screen Actors Guild on Wednesday accused major Hollywood studios of offering a contract deal worth less than an agreement approved by the leaders of a smaller actors union. ...more

June 26, 2008