LUTZ A hearing officer is expected to decide by Tuesday whether dirt trucks from a planned borrow pit on Lutz-Lake Fern Road should be allowed to roll past nearby public schools during school hours. ...more

May 6, 2008

While there is a role for the U.S. Congress in big and small matters that concern Americans, most of us are tired of hearing about Major League Baseball's steroid case and the New England Patriot's videotape scandal. For some reason, though, the nation's most important business has been put on hold for hearings and questioning. Sometimes Congress is all we have to hold people accountable, so we don't dismiss their power to call people on the carpet. Sometimes these matters are relatively small. But the Roger Clemens steroid accusations is not a matter that should have members of Congress locked up for days hearing testimony. It serves no purpose. It seems like some members of Congress enjoy the face time they get on these frivolous hearings. They want to fight for the best sound bite, or to see who can best insult someone being questioned. It's one thing when it was tobacco executives sitting there lying to the country about the dangers of their products, and quite another when a baseball pitcher and his trainer are lying about each other. ...more

February 15, 2008

Presidential candidate Mike Huckabee issued a new videotape where he wished Americans a "Merry Christmas." ...more

December 20, 2007

A new court filing provides the most complete description yet of what the government views as an incriminating videotape made by a University of South Florida student who is accused of trying to help terrorists. ...more

November 22, 2007

TAMPA - A prosecution court filing provides new details of a videotape the government says was made by a University of South Florida student and posted to the Web site YouTube. ...more

November 21, 2007

No charges will be filed in a case in which a Muslim girl said she was threatened at the middle school she attends, St. Petersburg police said Tuesday. ...more

November 21, 2007

ST. PETERSBURG - No charges will be filed in a case in which a Muslim girl had allegedly been threatened at the middle school she attends, St. Petersburg police announced this morning. ...more

November 20, 2007

Jurors deliberated for about two hours Thursday before finding a Pasco County man guilty of trying to arrange a hit on his ex-wife's boyfriend. ...more

November 16, 2007

A former girls swim coach at Tampa Preparatory School, who faces multiple charges that he secretly videotaped girls changing into their swimsuits, did not commit a felony, his attorney said Wednesday. ...more

November 15, 2007

TAMPA - A former girl's swim coach at Tampa Preparatory School, who faces multiple charges that he secretly videotaped girls changing into their swimsuits, did not commit a felony, his attorney argues. ...more

November 14, 2007