Coffee chain Starbucks Corp. is sticking to its policy of letting customers carry guns where it's legal and said it does not want to be put in the middle of a larger gun-control debate. ...more

March 4, 2010

The Transportation Security Administration will begin randomly swabbing U.S. air travelers' hands and baggage for explosives at airport checkpoints and boarding areas starting today. ...more

February 18, 2010

An Obama administration official says more air travelers may have their hands swabbed as part of a stepped-up effort to screen passengers for explosives. ...more

February 17, 2010

The geniuses in Washington and Tallahassee have finally succeeded in treating me and other patriotic, sacrificing and loyal American citizens as illegal aliens and potential terrorists, right along side the Islamic butchers. ...more

February 11, 2010

We all know that little things mean a lot. In this case, those "little things" were pieces of paper but they made the difference between waving good-bye from the deck, or from the dock; between having fun, or hearing about it. The pieces of paper comprised a passport that was hiding on a closet shelf when it was thought to be in a pocket. ...more

February 10, 2010

Just odds and ends this week, folks. There's a hodgepodge of opportunities to help the community and your business. ...more

October 21, 2009

The director of the Florida Holocaust Museum in downtown St. Petersburg says the museum will likely increase security in the wake of a shooting at Washington's Holocaust museum. ...more

June 10, 2009

Another Bartlett brother recently became an Eagle Scout. Will Bartlett, of Troop 22 in South Tampa, was awarded the rank of Eagle Scout at a Court of Honor ceremony at Hyde Park United Methodist Church. His brother John, a sophomore at the University of Florida, achieved the rank of Eagle in February 2005. Their younger brother, Bryan, a fifth-grade Webelo with Pack 22, just moved up to Boy Scouts. Bryan's goal is to become an Eagle Scout like his brothers. ...more

April 8, 2009

Detectives today went door to door searching for clues and warning neighbors about a robber on the loose with a history of violence after a weekend home invasion. The attack happened in the middle of the day Saturday on Bougainvillea Street, west of U.S. 41, in an area known as the Southside Flower District. ...more

March 10, 2009

As predicted, the nation's economic malaise took its toll on corporate aircraft travel to Super Bowl XLIII on Feb. 1, when 220 corporate planes used Tampa International Airport compared with about 420 for Super Bowl XXXV in Tampa in 2001. ...more

February 12, 2009