Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich briefly lived in Tampa while attending college. He enrolled at the University of Tampa in 1975, following his older brother Rob, who was already a student. ...more

December 10, 2008

When Ben Novello first stepped into Anthony's Coal Fired Pizza, he got the same rush he felt upon entering his first Outback Steakhouse years earlier. ...more

December 9, 2008

Fidel Castro praised Barack Obama Tuesday as smarter and less warlike than John McCain, but stopped short of endorsing either U.S. presidential candidate. ...more

November 4, 2008

The Rev. Simmie Lee Harvey, 90, a civil rights stalwart who worked alongside Martin Luther King Jr. and helped plan the March on Washington in 1963, died Sept. 10 of complications from a stroke. ...more

September 20, 2008

A deadly American-led raid on a Pakistani village embarrassed the government and eroded support for the pro-U.S. presidential front-runner Thursday just two days before the election. ...more

September 5, 2008

Cuba has ordered jailed punk rocker Gorki Aguila, an outspoken critic of former President Fidel Castro and the communist government, to stand trial Friday for "social dangerousness," a charge that could carry four years in prison. ...more

August 28, 2008

A federal court ordered the former president and founder of a hedge fund to pay nearly $300 million for defrauding clients. ...more

August 20, 2008

College presidents from about 100 of the nation's best-known universities, including Duke, Dartmouth, Smith and Ohio State, are calling on lawmakers to consider lowering the drinking age from 21 to 18, saying current laws encourage dangerous binge drinking on campus. ...more

August 19, 2008

President Bush dedicated the massive new $434 million U.S. Embassy in Beijing on Thursday, saying it is a symbol of deepening ties between the two trading partners and sometimes political rivals. ...more

August 8, 2008

For many Americans, rising unemployment, higher gas and food prices, and the housing slump have felt like an economic downturn. Now the government's data are catching up. ...more

August 1, 2008