Florida is flat as a pancake with minimal elevation and is all but surrounded by water. The farthest point inland from the Gulf or Atlantic is just 70 miles, while most of the population lives within 25 miles of the coast on land no more than 20 feet above sea level. We are 18 million people living on a sand bar with more at risk and more to lose from sea level rise than anywhere in the world. ...more

March 29, 2009

It couldn't have had a more cliched premise: A washed-up athlete struggles against the odds for one last shot at greatness. ...more

January 22, 2009

Julie Weintraub has been spending a lot of time on Facebook the past two days. The social networking site is the St. Petersburg woman's link to family members living in besieged Mumbai, India. ...more

November 29, 2008

Julie Weintraub's been spending a lot of time on Facebook the past two days. The social networking site is the St. Petersburg woman's link to family members living in besieged Mumbai, India. ...more

November 28, 2008

"Burn Out," by Marcia Muller (Grand Central Publishing, $25) ...more

November 16, 2008

The Tampa Port Authority has retained its A2 "investment grade" rating on $120.3 million of outstanding revenue bonds with a stable outlook, a report by Moody's Investors Service released Wednesday states. ...more

October 9, 2008

Despite an intensive $4 billion drive to protect U.S. embassies, at least 150 American missions abroad fall short of security standards put in place after deadly bombings, The Associated Press has learned. ...more

June 23, 2008

The thousands of National Guard troops sent to reinforce the U.S.-Mexican border two years ago have almost completely withdrawn, despite pleas from border-state governors once skeptical of using soldiers to catch illegal immigrants and drug smugglers. ...more

June 21, 2008

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton vowed to carry on despite remarks in a debate Thursday night that some people took as a valedictory to her long effort to win the Democratic presidential nomination. ...more

February 23, 2008

TAMPA - A Transportation Security Administration undercover official successfully got past security at Tampa International Airport with a simulated bomb in a security test last week, CNN.com reported today. ...more

January 28, 2008