The Internet's key oversight agency relaxed rules Thursday to permit the introduction of hundreds, perhaps thousands, of new Internet domain names to join ".com," making the first sweeping changes in the network's 25-year-old addressing system. ...more

June 27, 2008

In January 2006, the Florida Department of Transportation hit a snag negotiating a nearly half-billion-dollar deal with CSX Transportation, so then-DOT Secretary Denver Stutler turned to a longtime rail industry executive for advice. ...more

January 23, 2008

Guatemalan legislators approved a law Tuesday that tightens adoption rules while allowing pending cases - mostly involving U.S. couples - to go through without meeting stricter requirements. ...more

December 12, 2007

TAMPA - The benching of a teenage Muslim athlete from a soccer match over the weekend in Palm Harbor was the latest local incident involving female athletes who have been prohibited from playing sports while wearing traditional Islamic dress. Iman Khalil, 15, booted from a match Saturday, returned to the field Sunday to play after the referee's decision was overturned by the league. ...more

October 15, 2007

The city-county Planning Commission will have until at least January to analyze 13 land-use amendments that recently were proposed, county commissioners decided Tuesday. ...more

September 26, 2007

An oversight agency of the Legislature questioned the methodology behind an audit of the Tampa Police Department's crime statistics but has found no evidence police underreported crimes to drop the city's rate. ...more

September 20, 2007

TAMPA - An oversight agency of the Legislature questioned the methodology behind an audit of the Tampa Police Department's crime statistics but has found no evidence police underreported crimes to drop the city's rate. ...more

September 19, 2007