TAMPA BAY AREA Apple To Open In Brandon The Apple retail store at the Westfield Brandon mall opens at 10 a.m. Saturday. It is the second to open locally, complementing the one at International Plaza, and is the 14th in the state. The hands-on store will give customers a chance to test-drive Apple's product line, which includes the popular iPhone and iPod and the new MacBook Air, the world's thinnest notebook computer. ...more

May 22, 2008

A local tile setter was detained by Tampa International Airport police and federal investigators Friday morning after he was overheard in an airport bathroom talking about mixing chemicals. ...more

February 2, 2008

TAMPA - A local tile setter was detained by Tampa International Airport police and federal investigators this morning after he was overheard in an airport bathroom talking about mixing chemicals. ...more

February 1, 2008

Airline passengers will face higher fares, but some airline earnings will be lower than originally estimated for 2008 and 2009, a Raymond James & Associates report said Tuesday. ...more

January 9, 2008

NEW YORK (AP) - As if on cue, airlines are responding to oil's latest surge by pushing ticket prices even higher. ...more

January 6, 2008

ATLANTA - For the third year in a row, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport has retained its title as the nation's busiest airport in terms of flights, according to preliminary government data released Wednesday. ...more

January 3, 2008

BUSINESS BRIEFS TAMPA BAY AREA Power Demand To Surge Record energy use normally occurs during a summer heat wave amid near-100-degree temperatures. St. Petersburg-based Progress Energy Florida flipped that scenario around, saying demand for electricity may reach record levels this morning as temperatures dip into the 20s and customers try to stay warm. Demand for electricity peaked on Jan. 24, 2003, when customers used 10,076 megawatt-hours of power. ...more

January 3, 2008

A 42-year-old Polk County man was arrested by the FBI Monday night in connection with a threat against an airliner bound for Atlanta from Orlando. ...more

December 11, 2007

After taking off their shoes, emptying their pockets and passing through the security checkpoint, travelers at some major U.S. airports now can roll up a sleeve and get a flu shot. ...more

December 6, 2007

As the fifth of seven children growing up in a blue-collar family in suburban New York, Bob Fornaro learned the art of survival. ...more

November 25, 2007