On a day meant for remembrance, Lt. Gen. Martin Dempsey took time to thank the next generation of soldiers likely to be called to fight. "You are entering a wartime military," Dempsey, acting commander of U.S. Central Command in Tampa, said this morning to ROTC cadets at the University of South Florida. ...more

September 11, 2008

Frustrated by repeated dead ends in the search for Osama bin Laden, U.S. and Pakistani officials said they are questioning long-held assumptions about their strategy and are shifting tactics to intensify the use of the lethal Predator drone spy plane in the mountains of western Pakistan. ...more

September 10, 2008

The second day of school is set to be a snoozer for teachers and students at Hernando County schools. ...more

August 19, 2008

Within weeks, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office will train detention cadets and deputies on how to lift, search and otherwise handle disabled inmates. ...more

August 16, 2008

Within weeks, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office will implement training for detention cadets and deputies on how to lift, search and otherwise handle disabled inmates to prevent situations such as one with a quadriplegic man in January that triggered national criticism. ...more

August 15, 2008

A Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office corporal was fired and a second deputy resigned over the treatment in January of a quadriplegic inmate, according to internal affairs reports released Tuesday. ...more

August 13, 2008

Nine Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office employees were negligent in their treatment of quadriplegic former Orient Road Jail inmate Brian Sterner, according to an internal affairs report released today. ...more

August 12, 2008

Iraq's foreign minister says negotiators are "on the brink" of reaching a long-term security pact with the United States that will decide the fate of American troops in Iraq. ...more

August 10, 2008

TAMPA - Two Hillsborough County 911 operators who coached mothers giving birth over the telephone got a chance Thursday to meet and hold the babies they helped bring into the world. ...more

August 7, 2008

Mexicans working in other countries are sending less money home, threatening businesses, stalling construction and choking cash flow to hamlets where as much as half the population works in the United States. ...more

August 7, 2008