The shuttle Atlantis glided to a flawless landing Friday, wrapping up an 11-day mission to the International Space Station and bringing flight engineer Nicole Stott of Clearwater back to Earth after 91 days in space. ...more

November 28, 2009

NASA has cleared space shuttle Atlantis for liftoff Monday on a trip to stock the International Space Station with several years' worth of spare parts. Mission managers gave the go-ahead Saturday as forecasters put the odds of good launch weather at 90 percent. ...more

November 15, 2009

One of these days, and it may come soon, there'll be a new choice available in bottled water: Fiji, Evian, Dasani and Kelley Springs. ...more

December 11, 2008

Russian oil companies could soon begin searching for oil in deep Gulf of Mexico waters off Cuba, a top diplomat said just days before Russian President Dmitry Medvedev visits the island. ...more

November 23, 2008

WASHINGTON (AP) - Hurricane Ike's winds and massive waves destroyed oil platforms, tossed storage tanks and punctured pipelines. The environmental damage only now is becoming apparent: At least a half million gallons of crude oil spilled into the Gulf of Mexico and the marshes, bayous and bays of Louisiana and Texas, according to an analysis of federal data by The Associated Press. ...more

October 6, 2008

A few miles inland from the Pacific Ocean, amid cracked earth and mesquite and sun-bleached cactus, neat rows of emerald plants sprout from the desert floor. ...more

September 14, 2008

Three companies plan to build an oil terminal and pipeline network off the Texas Gulf Coast capable of handling nearly 20 percent of the nation's daily imported oil. ...more

August 20, 2008

For some 30 years the Hudson Water Works has operated in relative obscurity. That could change Friday afternoon when the small, nonprofit utility cooperative, which supplies drinking water to about 6,700 people in the Hudson area, holds its annual meeting and election of directors. ...more

January 16, 2008

TAMPA - An early-morning fire at the Port of Tampa caused about $2 million in damage, according to a preliminary estimate from fire officials. Investigators are looking into the cause of the blaze, which started about 1 a.m. near the boiler room at Amalie Oil Co., 1601 McCloskey Blvd. ...more

September 26, 2007