For a sign of just how tough the job market has become, consider this: In Hillsborough County, unemployment compensation claims are up 70 percent this year over last year. ...more

October 4, 2008

U.S. officials returned 168 pre-Columbian artifacts to Ecuador this week as part of an ongoing FBI initiative to repatriate stolen cultural treasures to their home countries. ...more

September 26, 2008

Working under the cover of pre-dawn darkness, a group of Coast Guard law enforcement officers climbed atop a semi-submersible vessel in the waters of the Eastern Pacific Ocean early Saturday. ...more

September 16, 2008

Working as part of a Tampa-based investigation, the Coast Guard this weekend seized a semi-submarine with 7 tons of cocaine aboard about 350 miles west of Guatemala in the eastern Pacific Ocean, officials said. ...more

September 15, 2008

Police arrested a teenager on Friday and named him as the armed robber who shot a 17-year-old boy in the torso with a .22 caliber handgun. ...more

September 6, 2008

Florida State sophomore DE Markus White was held out of practice on Thursday after suffering a seizure. The nature of the seizure was not released, but according to FSU sports information officials it is related to a pre-existing condition for which White takes medication. White is expected to contend for a starting spot. ...more

August 15, 2008

Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic had his first skirmishes with the U.N. war crimes tribunal Thursday: He was cut short by the judge when he tried to protest his arrest and was put on notice that the prosecution will object to his demand to represent himself. ...more

August 1, 2008

A 23-year-old man was arrested Wednesday afternoon, accused of driving under the influence of drugs and slamming his sport utility vehicle into a warehouse, then driving away, according to Florida Highway Patrol reports. ...more

August 1, 2008

23-year-old man was arrested by troopers Wednesday afternoon, accused of driving under the influence of drugs and slamming his SUV into a warehouse and then driving away, according to Florida Highway Patrol reports. Joseph Charles Apostolou, of 9735 Warrick St., Port Richey, now faces several charges, including DUI first offense; DUI with property damage and leaving the scene of a crash involving property damage. He was being at the Land O' Lakes Jail this afternoon with bail set at $3,250. ...more

July 31, 2008

The muddle surrounding stray and abused domestic animals on the Suncoast was brought into focus again this week. Back in April, the Suncoast Animal League took into custody 120 dogs from a Tarpon Springs-area home it believed were being neglected. On Wednesday, Pinellas County Judge Myra Scott McNary ruled the league's executive director, Rick Chaboudy, lacked the authority to seize the dogs. ...more

July 26, 2008