Tampa International Airport ranked fourth in passenger traffic among Florida airports in 2008 with 18.3 million passengers, data reported by the state's airports shows. Orlando International Airport ranked first with nearly 35.7 million passengers, followed by Miami International Airport with 34.1 million and Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport with 22.6 million. ...more

February 9, 2009

WASHINGTON - Recession-battered employers eliminated 598,000 jobs in January, the most since the end of 1974, and catapulted the unemployment rate to 7.6 percent. The grim figures were further proof that the nation's job climate is deteriorating at an alarming clip with no end in sight. ...more

February 6, 2009

Forget for a moment that our country's economy is sinking. Forget that we have two wars going on. Forget that people are out of work, losing their homes and struggling to get by. Our Congress cranked out legislation Wednesday to postpone changing the nation's TV signals to digital until June 12. Thank goodness they came to our rescue! ...more

February 6, 2009

The Baltimore Orioles and free agent Ty Wigginton reached a preliminary agreement on a $6 million, two-year contract. ...more

February 3, 2009

An accountant was arrested Saturday on charges that he stole $1.6 million from a law firm for which he was doing some work, apparently to support a gambling habit, according to Pinellas County sheriff's records. ...more

January 26, 2009

A proposal to raise rates for customers of Peoples Gas is about $21 million too high, according to the Office of Public Counsel, which represents Florida consumers. ...more

January 15, 2009

A proposal to raise rates for customers of Peoples Gas is about $21 million too high, according to the Office of Public Counsel, which represents Florida consumers. ...more

January 14, 2009

Taylor Lautner will be back to morph into the monstrous Jacob Black in the "Twilight" sequel "New Moon." ...more

January 8, 2009

LAND O' LAKES - Progress Energy plans to build a substation along U.S. 41 north of State Road 54. ...more

December 31, 2008

1,406 Banks robbed nationwide from April 1 to June 30, compared with 1,609 banks robbed in all of 2007. ...more

December 31, 2008