Ida has been downgraded to a tropical storm, weakening as it dumps heavy rains over Nicaragua. ...more

November 5, 2009

I inherited my pair of chairs after they had been sitting in an attic. Unfortunately, the upholstery is in bad condition. I love the elegant lines, but wonder whether they are worth re-upholstering and whether that would hurt the value. They are marked by "Cochran Chair Co., Aurora, Ind." ...more

March 8, 2009

A fire early this morning injured two people and destroyed a house in Hillsborough County. Firefighters arrived at a burning structure at 8211 State Road 674 near Wimauma and found it nearly burned to the ground, Hillsborough County Fire Rescue said. ...more

February 23, 2009

There were a lot of weird moments in the recently completed season for the Bucs, but perhaps the strangest involved a quarterback who threw only one pass all year. ...more

February 13, 2009

A La Nina will continue to affect weather patterns in the Southeast - making it likely that the already-low water levels will not improve for the next few months. ...more

February 7, 2009

Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear has called up all of his Army National Guard troop and some Air National Guard units to get the state back on its feet following a crippling ice storm. ...more

January 31, 2009

Temperatures crashed to record lows well below zero Monday as a huge mass of arctic air blustered southward across the Midwest and West, leading some cities to open shelters. The cold and remnants of the weekend blizzard that accompanied it closed hundreds of schools from the northern Plains to the Great Lakes states. Still, some people ventured out into the frigid air. ...more

December 16, 2008

Odyssey Marine Exploration, the Tampa company that recovered sunken treasure worth an estimated $500 million from the Atlantic Ocean in 2007, tried knocking down Spain's claim to the loot in papers filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Tampa. ...more

November 18, 2008

As the out that sent the Rays to the playoffs for the first time nestled into Evan Longoria's glove Saturday evening, minds wandered. ...more

September 21, 2008

When residents of several neighborhoods near Orlando International Airport go to bed, they wonder what most homeowners don't: Is there a bomb under my house? ...more

September 18, 2008