Japanese World War II leader Hideki Tojo wanted to keep fighting after U.S. atomic bombs destroyed Hiroshima and Nagasaki, accusing surrender proponents of being "frightened," a newly released diary reveals. ...more

August 13, 2008

When the girls on the Palma Ceia Little League Softball team crafted a two-year plan after their 2006-07 season, winning the 2008 state championship was their first goal. ...more

July 30, 2008

PALMA CEIA - When the girls on the Palma Ceia Little League Softball team crafted a two-year plan after their 2006-07 season, winning the 2008 state championship was their first goal. As of July 21, they can check that off their list, having won the 10-11-year-old division state championship with a 14-3 victory over Cape Coral at the tournament in Palm Bay. ...more

July 25, 2008

TAMPA – A federal judge scheduled a Sept. 22 sentencing hearing for a former University of South Florida student who pleaded guilty last month to providing material support to terrorists. ...more

July 9, 2008

Timmy Farrelll hit two home runs, including a three-run walk off bomb into center field to lift Okeechobee to a 13-1 win over the Sebring All-Stars in the Dixie Boys (age 14) District 8 tournament at Okeechobee Sports Complex on Thursday night. ...more

July 4, 2008

TAMPA – Ahmed Mohamed is scheduled to enter his guilty plea to a terrorism charge Wednesday morning. U.S. Magistrate Mark Pizzo this morning scheduled the 10:30 a.m. hearing in the case of the Egyptian national and former University of South Florida student. ...more

June 16, 2008

It's pure speculation, of course, but the Top 40 likely would be a lot more fun if The Neptunes - super-producers Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo - let their experimental side out on tracks they cook up for big-money clients such as Gwen Stefani and Madonna. ...more

June 12, 2008

Attorneys are negotiating a possible plea deal in the case of one of two former University of South Florida students charged with transporting explosives. ...more

February 16, 2008

TAMPA - One TBO.com reader called him a "fricken' terrorist." Now Youssef Megahed's attorney is citing the TBO comment as a reason potential jurors need to be carefully screened before Megahed and Ahmed Mohamed, another former University of South Florida student, go on trial on a charge of illegally transporting explosives. ...more

February 4, 2008

Most of us can easily picture a scene in which a villain is forced to talk by tough good guys who find out just in time how to stop a ticking bomb that would have destroyed a city. ...more

January 31, 2008