Business owners en masse are calling for lower commercial property taxes. ...more

September 14, 2008

It's something Baker took away from his early coaching days at Georgia Tech, where a spiked baseball - signifying a nail in an opponent's coffin - hung in the dugout. ...more

September 9, 2008

A disposable diaper has saved the life of an 18-month-old boy, breaking his fall from a third-floor apartment window, officials said Thursday. ...more

August 29, 2008

Hillsborough County is often labeled the bellwether of Florida politics. As Hillsborough goes, so goes Florida, observes Susan MacManus, a University of South Florida political scientist. ...more

August 11, 2008

The deadliest three months for American forces in Afghanistan have pushed the U.S. death toll to at least 500, forcing a war long overshadowed by Iraq back into the headlines. ...more

August 8, 2008

Call it the Summer of the Virtual Classroom. Years of growth in online education at Florida's colleges and universities have led to unprecedented spikes in enrollment this summer, and the momentum is building faster for the fall. ...more

July 27, 2008

More than 1,000 people died over two years from an illegal version of the painkiller fentanyl, the government reported Thursday in its first national tally of those deaths. ...more

July 25, 2008

Shares of WellCare Health Plans soared today, a day after the company said it was restating more than three years' worth of financial statements due to accounting errors. At noon, the stock stood at $38.47, up $9.24 or 32 percent from Monday's close of $29.23. A Bloomberg News report quoted a Wachovia Securities analyst crediting the spike to the small size of the restatement. ...more

July 22, 2008

Roadside bombs killed four U.S. soldiers in northern Iraq, the military said Wednesday, in a spike of violence that pushed to at least nine the number of Americans who have died here this week. ...more

June 26, 2008

TAMPA - With gasoline prices topping $4 for a gallon of a regular unleaded, more and more Floridians are just plain running out of gas, reported one roadside-assistance club today. ...more

June 24, 2008