President Barack Obama freed billions of dollars to help the nation's small businesses on Monday, hoping to get credit flowing again to Main Street as well as Wall Street and showering praise on the little guys of American industry who have been complaining about being left out of rescue efforts. ...more

March 17, 2009

Funding cuts are jeopardizing a buoy system in the Gulf of Mexico that measures wind, waves and currents, crucial information in the kind of search and rescue efforts necessary this week with the disappearance of four football players in the Gulf. ...more

March 5, 2009

Funding cuts are jeopardizing a buoy system in the Gulf of Mexico that measures wind, waves and currents, crucial information in the kind of search and rescue efforts necessary this week with the disappearance of four football players in the Gulf. ...more

March 4, 2009

While most of the nation watched in awe as all 155 passengers and crew were plucked safely from a floating jetliner in the Hudson River on Thursday afternoon, officials with Tampa Fire Rescue observed with a critical eye. ...more

January 16, 2009

The Coast Guard is searching the waters off Florida for a cruise ship employee who reportedly fell overboard. ...more

January 1, 2009

The Tarpon Springs Fire Rescue will still be understaffed, even after the department institutes a mandatory overtime policy that was instituted Tuesday in an effort to add an additional firefighter to some shifts. ...more

September 3, 2008

U.S. Navy ships laden with relief supplies will steam away from Myanmar's coast today, their helicopters barred by the ruling junta even though millions of cyclone survivors need food, shelter or medical care. ...more

June 4, 2008

Were you involved in Wednesday morning's disaster on Interstate 4? TBO wants to hear from you. Share your stories about conditions on the highway, retrieving your damaged car, or helping with rescue efforts. ...more

January 9, 2008

Hundreds of thousands of survivors were stuck Saturday behind roads blocked by fallen trees, iron roofs and thick sludge as rescue workers fought to reach towns along Bangladesh's coast that were ravaged by a powerful cyclone that killed at least 1,723 people. ...more

November 18, 2007

Authorities said floods in southern Mexico have destroyed or damaged the homes of as many as half a million people, as rescue workers focused Sunday on reaching isolated communities surrounded by water for almost a week. ...more

November 5, 2007