The Tampa Bay area is months away from the bottom of the downturn in the single family housing market, and prices aren't expected to fall further, a well-known Florida economist said Tuesday. ...more

February 6, 2008

Higher grades are in store for Hillsborough County's nearly 50,000 high school students when they are handed their first-semester report cards in a couple of weeks. ...more

January 12, 2008

The city council will decide Dec. 18 whether to take another step toward taxing waterfront property owners to pay for canal dredging. ...more

December 1, 2007

A man accused of being a "sleeper agent" sent to spy on Saddam Hussein's enemies in the United States was sentenced Tuesday to four years in federal prison for lying about his ties to the former regime. ...more

November 28, 2007

Joe Johnston III of Brooksville has been reappointed to another three-year term on the Withlacoochee Regional Planning Council. ...more

November 24, 2007

While loosening your belt after Thanksgiving dinner, you may want to clip a pedometer to it. The reason: Wearing a step counter leads to weight loss and lower blood pressure, according to new research released this week. The researchers found that a pedometer is an unusually good motivator to get people to walk more. ...more

November 23, 2007

BAGHLANI-JADID, Afghanistan - Up to two-thirds of the 77 people killed and 100 wounded in a suicide bombing Nov. 6 were hit by bullets from visiting lawmakers' panicked bodyguards, who fired on a crowd of mostly schoolchildren for up to five minutes, a preliminary U.N. report says. ...more

November 18, 2007

Decades after the civil rights movement, the income gap between black and white families has grown, says a new study that tracked the incomes of about 2,300 families for more than 30 years. ...more

November 13, 2007

Less than 18 months after Frenchman's Market lost two-thirds of its space to the Church of Scientology, the downtown historical district flea market is on the move and on the rise. ...more

November 3, 2007

Less than 18 months after Frenchman's Market lost two-thirds of its space to the Church of Scientology, the downtown historical district's premiere flea market is on the move and on the rise. ...more

October 29, 2007