In the span of 10 minutes Thursday, American warplanes dropped as much explosive south of Baghdad as they usually do in a month, a thundering barrage of more than 40,000 pounds of bombs intended to blow up stashes of insurgent weapons. ...more

January 11, 2008

A soldier from North Florida died during combat on his second tour in Iraq, officials said Friday. ...more

December 29, 2007

Saturday afternoon Pinellas County sheriff's deputies were called to investigate the discovery of what appeared to be a homemade explosive device in an area north of the Anclote River. ...more

December 22, 2007

Retired Navy Capt. Bob Silah looked out among the rows of MacDill Air Force Base dignitaries and their spouses seated at the tables before him. ...more

December 17, 2007

Retired Navy Capt. Bob Silah looked out among the rows of MacDill Air Force Base dignitaries and their spouses seated at the tables before him. ...more

December 17, 2007

Jim White, a gunner on a U.S Army Humvee, wasn't thinking about golf that morning in Arab Jabour some four months ago when hell suddenly rose up around him and two fellow soldiers, an improvised explosive device tossing their vehicle into a fiery, end-over-end tumble. If he had, however, it would not have been a surprise. ...more

November 25, 2007

ST. PETERSBURG - On the first day of Thanksgiving vacation, a middle school student was arrested and accused of making an explosive device after stumbling across a Web site that instructed him how to do so, St. Petersburg police say. ...more

November 20, 2007

LAKELAND - Video clips that are the source of some of the charges against 18-year-old Shawn Newberry do little to answer the key question surrounding the 18-year-old gun enthusiast: Was the collection of weaponry and body armor he amassed through much of 2007 part of a destructive plot? ...more

October 30, 2007

TAMPA - Federal prosecutors plan to use a laptop computer to present evidence at a bail hearing Friday for two University of South Florida students recently indicted on federal explosives charges. Assistant U.S. Attorney Jay Hoffer filed a motion this morning asking for court permission to bring a portable computer into the federal courthouse, where most electronic devices are allowed only with a court order. ...more

September 13, 2007

One of two University of South Florida students charged with transporting explosives is likely to get a new attorney. ...more

September 10, 2007