NATO defense ministers agreed Friday to allow troops operating in Afghanistan to attack drug lords and their networks that support the escalating insurgency in the country. ...more

October 11, 2008

A federal judge ordered the Bush administration today to immediately free 17 Chinese Muslims from Guantanamo Bay into the United States, rebuking the government in a landmark decision that could set the stage for the release of dozens other prisoners in Cuba. ...more

October 7, 2008

The Pentagon transferred a controversial senior official involved in overseeing the war-crimes trials at Guantanamo Bay into a new position Friday, a move that was anticipated after military judges in three separate cases barred Air Force Brig. Gen. Thomas Hartmann from further participation in various aspects of the military commissions. ...more

September 20, 2008

The county's Land Use Appeals Board is scheduled to consider objections from the developer of a planned borrow pit on Lutz-Lake Fern Road and from those who oppose it during two appeals cases next month. ...more

September 17, 2008

The county's Land Use Appeals Board is scheduled to consider objections from the developer of a planned borrow pit on Lutz-Lake Fern Road and from those who oppose it during two appeals cases next month. ...more

September 17, 2008

It didn't take long for a plan to update the city charter to prove its potential as a political minefield, as the City Council found it impossible at their meeting on Tuesday to get past square one, the selection of a charter review committee. ...more

September 13, 2008

It didn't take long for a plan to update the city charter to prove its potential as a political minefield, as the city council found it impossible at its meeting Tuesday to get past square one, the selection of a charter review committee. ...more

September 13, 2008

Congress sent President Bush an $8 billion rescue package for the federal highway trust fund Thursday. The infusion comes as the trust fund, which relies on declining revenue from the federal gas tax, verges on going broke, threatening road and bridge projects in every state. ...more

September 12, 2008

A divided planning commission gave animal rescuer Sue Lambert permission to house as many as 25 dogs on her property off Altamont Lane despite the objections of neighbors who say Lambert's operation is a nuisance. ...more

August 14, 2008

The Rays have had good reason to complain about the way Scott Kazmir was handled in an All-Star Game before, but not this year. ...more

July 20, 2008