Salah al Jbory is in no mood to celebrate. Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has called on his countrymen to revel today to mark the ostensible departure of U.S. troops from Iraqi cities by the end of the month. ...more

June 29, 2009

A gunman who killed 10 people in the worst mass shooting in Alabama history had a list of employers "who had done him wrong," including the nearby sausage plant he quit days before the spree and the metal factory where he shot himself, authorities said Wednesday. ...more

March 11, 2009

The U.S. military announced Sunday that 12,000 U.S. soldiers would withdraw from Iraq by September, marking the first step in the Obama administration's plan to pull U.S. combat forces out of the country by August 2010. ...more

March 9, 2009

The U.S. military has announced that 12,000 American and 4,000 British troops will leave Iraq by September. ...more

March 8, 2009

On her first day at work, Amy Hess worries that her size and shyness will hold her back. ...more

October 21, 2008

Area motorcyclists are invited to rev up some support for fallen law enforcement officers. ...more

September 5, 2008

Drug dealers to pay for new drug dog. ...more

July 22, 2008

Today, a tennis ball commands Koda's full attention. In a couple of months, Brooksville police hope it will be a kilo of cocaine. ...more

July 22, 2008

AVON PARK — When Mark Sauls first met Brandon Ball, he was just a kid hanging around the Avon Park Firehouse. "I worked with his dad and his grand-dad here," Sauls remembered. Ironically, the Avon Park Firehouse is where both the state fire marshals got their career starts — sort of — even though they are separated in age by several years. ...more

June 29, 2008

With about 30 St. Petersburg police officers and their family members standing behind him, the leader of the local police union lambasted city officials Tuesday for the stance they are taking during contract negotiations. ...more

June 11, 2008