Tiffany Hayes scored a season-high 22 points as top-ranked Connecticut extended its winning streak to 52 games Monday night with an 84-42 win against South Florida. ...more

January 5, 2010

A South Florida man has died and his wife is injured after their paraglider plunged into the Atlantic Ocean. ...more

December 26, 2009

The Miami-Dade Police Department was called to a farm early this morning, where authorities say a slaughtered horse was discovered in the open fields. ...more

December 23, 2009

MIAMI (AP) — A Deerfield Beach teen doused with rubbing alcohol and set on fire by a group of other teens has reportedly left the Miami hospital where he was being treated. ...more

December 22, 2009

South Florida used a stifling defense to beat San Francisco 69-49 Saturday at the Las Vegas Holiday Hoops Classic. ...more

December 20, 2009

Senior forward Melissa Dalembert had a double-double by halftime as South Florida crushed North Carolina Central 79-37 in the first round of the 2009 USF Shootout on Saturday. ...more

December 20, 2009

TONIGHT'S MEN'S GAME SOUTH FLORIDA VS. SAN FRANCISCO WHEN/WHERE: 5 p.m.; South Point Arena, Las Vegas ...more

December 19, 2009

Gov. Charlie Crist signed Florida's passenger rail bill into law Wednesday in ceremonies in Tampa and three other cities while delivering the message that new rail equals thousands of new jobs. More than 150 Tampa Bay area elected officials, business people and transportation advocates turned out at a vacant lot just south of the intersection of Interstate 275 and Interstate 4, where a high-speed rail station is planned for a proposed Tampa-to-Orlando route. The bill will improve the state's chances at winning federal stimulus money for the high-speed rail line that could be built by 2014. It also will jump-start the $1.2 billion SunRail project planned for Central Florida, create a new statewide rail authority and dedicate additional state money to Tri-Rail, South Florida's faltering commuter line. The high-speed project could provide as many as 15,000 construction jobs beginning in 2011 if the Obama administration approves the state's $2.5 billion high-speed rail bid, state officials said in its federal stimulus application. "Jobs, jobs, jobs is what it's really all about," Crist said. ...more

December 17, 2009

Authorities are handing out flyers of the man accused of shooting four relatives to death after a Thanksgiving dinner in South Florida. ...more

December 16, 2009

Gov. Charlie Crist is scheduled to sign Florida's rail legislation bill, which won legislative approval last week, at events Wednesday in Tampa, Tallahassee, Orlando and Fort Lauderdale. ...more

December 15, 2009