Prosecutors wanted a federal explosives trial to be about terrorism; for the defense, it came down this afternoon to rocket science. ...more

March 26, 2009

Plastic pipes in the trunk of a car pulled over in South Carolina in 2007 contained a "low-explosive" mixture of sugar and potassium nitrate, an FBI expert testified this morning in the federal trial of a former University of South Florida student. ...more

March 23, 2009

The question of what Youssef Megahed and Ahmed Mohamed were doing when they were arrested during a road trip in South Carolina last year is at the center of legal arguments now before a federal appeals court. ...more

October 19, 2008

The question of what Youssef Megahed and Ahmed Mohamed were doing when they were arrested during a road trip in South Carolina last year is at the center of legal arguments now before a federal appeals court. ...more

October 17, 2008

A former University of South Florida student admitted in federal court Wednesday morning that he helped terrorists by making an Internet video showing how to use a remote-controlled toy car to detonate a bomb. ...more

June 19, 2008

TAMPA - A former University of South Florida student admitted in court this morning that he helped terrorists by making an Internet video showing how to use a remote-controlled toy car to detonate a bomb. ...more

June 18, 2008

An Israeli airstrike killed two members of the Hamas military wing in the northern Gaza Strip early Saturday, and two Qassam rockets fired by militants from Gaza landed in the Israeli border town of Sderot and a nearby village, causing no casualties. ...more

January 20, 2008