The fast-moving Conficker computer worm, a scourge of the Internet that has infected at least 3 million PCs, is set to spring to life in a new way on Wednesday - April Fools' Day. ...more

March 28, 2009

A brush fire near an ammonium nitrate and fertilizer storage company has pretty much burned out at this point, with just a bit of smoldering left, Hillsborough County Fire Rescue spokesman Ray Yeakley said. ...more

February 10, 2009

Fuel delivery to four European countries fell below normal Saturday as Russia's state gas monopoly withheld natural gas from neighboring Ukraine for the third consecutive day. ...more

January 4, 2009

In his previous letters, Dallas Dunlop wrote that there were no significant oil deposits in the Baltimore Canyon or anywhere else off shore for that matter. Now his mystical geological sources are telling him personally that there are no oil deposits in the eastern gulf either. ...more

July 8, 2008

The ruptured ammonia pipeline that forced the evacuation of hundreds of residents and shut down a section of U.S. 301 was leaking again on Sunday night, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

November 19, 2007

RIVERVIEW - The ruptured ammonia pipeline that forced the evacuation of hundreds of residents and shut down a section of U.S. 301 was leaking again on Sunday night, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

November 19, 2007

In light of Monday's breach of an ammonia pipeline by a treasure-hunting teenager, U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor asked the federal Department of Transportation to make such pipelines safer. ...more

November 15, 2007

Security for the nation's pipelines was highlighted by this week's major ammonia leak on U.S. 301. A U.S. congressman and a Florida state senator are after answers and accountability. ...more

November 15, 2007

Southwest Georgia is one of the most productive agricultural regions in Dixie, but you wouldn't know it from the soil under the corn, peanuts and cotton. It can be sandy, pebbly, and doesn't hold water very well. ...more

November 15, 2007

Vandalism of an ammonia pipeline spews potentially deadly gas in eastern Hillsborough County, leading officials to order evacuations, close schools and reroute traffic. ...more

November 14, 2007