WASHINGTON (AP) — Top Obama administration officials pledged today to work with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, despite continuing doubts about his credibility that could have been eased had he won a runoff election against his top challenger, who dropped out citing concerns of fraud. ...more

November 1, 2009

JACKSONVILLE (AP) — President Barack Obama pledged today not to "rush the solemn decision" to send more troops to battle in Afghanistan as he weighs military options on what to do next in the troubled war. ...more

October 26, 2009

Think for a minute about the challenges facing Hillsborough public schools: nearly a dozen high schools labeled as "dropout factories" because as many as 40 percent of students are left behind, a transportation quagmire that's hurt children and families, and spending practices that leave taxpayers wondering where the money goes. ...more

October 14, 2008

President Robert Mugabe faced deeper international isolation Wednesday, with African states demanding that a discredited runoff election be postponed and anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela rebuking the Zimbabwe leader for the first time. ...more

June 26, 2008

HUNTER'S GREEN - For years, Frank Margarella has been one of the most respected community leaders in New Tampa, and he appeared poised for a seat on the Tampa City Council. At the start of the year, he led a three-man race in fundraising for the election campaign and was beginning to pick up endorsements. Then in February, questions surfaced about how the New Tampa real estate agent was spending those funds and why so much of it went to Hunter's Green Golf & Country Club. ...more

January 2, 2008

It's election day again in Lakeland, with Justin Troller and Brian Dockery squaring off in a runoff election for the right to replace retiring commissioner Dean Boring. ...more

December 4, 2007

A recount Thursday showed that Wayne Poston was re-elected mayor of Bradenton. ...more

November 30, 2007

Perhaps this is the last time Wayne Poston and Bill Evers will share the same political stage, but the curtain has not yet fallen. ...more

November 29, 2007

One-time Tampa City Council candidate Frank Margarella must pay the Florida Elections Commission $3,000, or he could face penalties almost three times that amount. ...more

October 30, 2007