Wish you'd volunteered to cheer for Bruce Springsteen at the Super Bowl on Sunday night? This might be some consolation: I couldn't tell he was singing "Born to Run" until the woman next to me started screaming the lyrics. ...more

February 2, 2009

Halftime show review ...more

February 1, 2009

There won't be a mega-recording star singing the national anthem Friday night. There also won't be any elaborate halftime show involving lots of pyrotechnics and superstar performers. However, parking will be just as congested, and tickets might be just as tough to come by. ...more

September 4, 2008

If all goes according to plan tonight, magician and escape artist Criss Angel will slip out of handcuffs, scamper to the roof of the Spyglass Resort and be whisked away by helicopter before the nine-story structure implodes. ...more

July 30, 2008

If all goes according to plan Wednesday, magician and escape artist Criss Angel will slip out of handcuffs, scamper to the roof of the Spyglass Motel and be whisked away by helicopter before the nine-story structure implodes. ...more

July 29, 2008

Chen Tiezhong will likely spend the Fourth of July worrying about the future of his sprawling fireworks factory. China, where fireworks were invented, is running short of ports from which to ship the dangerous cargoes abroad. ...more

July 1, 2008

AVON PARK AIR FORCE RANGE — Get ready for the pyrotechnics and the loud booms. The Avon Park Air Force Range will host its semiannual training operation next week. Atlantic Strike VII, a large-scale training exercise where bombers and joint ground forces from all over the South simulate urban warfare missions, will train numerous military personnel for deployment to Iraq and Afghanistan. The training missions require forces to participate in what amounts to a war game with role-playing guerilla fighters, insurgents, sniper fire, roadside explosives and many of the conditions faced by their counterparts supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom. ...more

June 11, 2008

An FBI report supports claims by two Egyptian students that the devices they had in the trunk of their car in August were fireworks and not explosives, a defense attorney argues in a new court filing. ...more

January 31, 2008

TAMPA – An FBI report supports claims by two Egyptian students that the devices they had in the trunk of their car last August were fireworks and not explosives, a defense attorney argues in a new court filing. ...more

January 30, 2008

The Florida Consumer Fireworks Task Force meets from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday in Clearwater. Welch, one of eight members on the statewide panel, said the meeting will give Tampa Bay area residents a chance to voice their opinions about an issue that often comes down to public safety versus individual rights. ...more

October 24, 2007