A member of the Florida National Guard who stole a Stinger missile-firing simulator because he thought it would make a great "garage ornament" was sentenced in federal court Wednesday to 18 months of probation. ...more

September 4, 2008

A group of men sold more than 30 stolen vehicles to Bartow Auto Salvage, Polk County deputies say. ...more

August 30, 2008

The Tennessee Titans released former Plant High and USC receiver Mike Williams before Thursday afternoon's practice. ...more

August 1, 2008

City officials on Wednesday discussed how to deal with the sudden collapse this week of the former Gary Adult School, a vintage landmark in the once rural Gary community near Ybor City. ...more

July 24, 2008

The East-West toll road might have some life yet. In a last-ditch effort to salvage the decades-old project, Mayor Pam Iorio said Monday she will ask the state's toll road authority, Florida's Turnpike Enterprise, to consider building the three-mile highway between New Tampa Boulevard and Interstate 275. ...more

June 17, 2008

Lorena Ochoa chopped into the mangled grass and was stunned to see her ball hop only a few inches, sending her to a double bogey as her hopes for a third straight major championship slipped away from her. ...more

June 8, 2008

Tampa-based Odyssey Marine Exploration Inc., a deep-sea exploration and salvage company, said it has discovered two separate shipwrecks in the English Channel. Both shipwrecks, which contain colonial-era artifacts, are outside the territorial waters of any sovereign nation, said Odyssey, a publicly-held company. ...more

May 29, 2008

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - A Florida deep-sea exploration company says it has found two colonial-era shipwreck sites in the English Channel. ...more

May 29, 2008

"Powerhouse Principles: The Billionaire Blueprint for Real Estate Success" by Jorge Perez (Celebra, $23.95) ...more

May 18, 2008

Spain claims it has evidence that the sunken treasure recovered last year by Tampa-based Odyssey Marine Exploration was taken from a 19th century Spanish warship without consent of the Spanish government, according to papers filed Thursday in U.S. District Court in Tampa. ...more

May 9, 2008