Tampa Bay Rays third baseman Evan Longoria said this morning he still has not heard from USA Baseball about the possibility of being called in as an injury replacement for this weekend's final round of the World Baseball Classic. ...more

March 19, 2009

Employment Status of the Civilian Population:

March 15, 2009

The 387th Transportation Detachment, an Army Reserve unit stationed in Tampa, have returned from their yearlong deployment supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. ...more

March 14, 2009

A man flying back to the United States from Cancun, Mexico, brought six doses of LSD with him, Tampa International Airport police say. Police arrested Samuel Benjamin Reiz, 22, of Overland Park, Kan., at the airport Sunday afternoon. ...more

March 9, 2009

RECONCILING AFGHANISTAN: President Barack Obama declared that the United States is not winning the war in Afghanistan and opened the door to a reconciliation process in which the U.S. military would reach out to moderate elements of the Taliban, much as it did with Sunni militias in Iraq. ...more

March 8, 2009

The Britney Spears circus is still coming to town Sunday, but the show will start an hour later than initially reported. ...more

March 6, 2009

Crime Stoppers of Tampa Bay is offering a reward for a man suspected of raping an 8-year-old child in the Washington, D.C., area. ...more

February 20, 2009

Net migration from Mexico, mainly to the United States, plunged by more than 50 percent in late 2008 compared with a year earlier as fewer Mexicans left their country in search of work, the government said Thursday. ...more

February 20, 2009

Shark attacks worldwide dipped last year to their lowest level in five years. ...more

February 19, 2009

PORT CHARLOTTE—Scott Kazmir will not be allowed to pitch for the United States in the upcoming World Baseball Classic. ...more

February 17, 2009