A drifter agreed to lead investigators to a hiker's decapitated body in the north Georgia woods after prosecutors pledged not to seek the death penalty against him, authorities said Tuesday. ...more

January 9, 2008

NEW YORK (AP) - As if on cue, airlines are responding to oil's latest surge by pushing ticket prices even higher. ...more

January 6, 2008

Authorities said Saturday that they think a hiker who disappeared in the northern Georgia woods on New Year's Day is dead, and they charged the man who was reportedly last seen with her with kidnapping. ...more

January 6, 2008

An explosion and fire along a gas pipeline killed a contract worker Saturday on an island used by industry near Detroit. ...more

January 6, 2008

Hernando County won't be invited to talks between Weeki Wachee Springs and its landlord, a spokesman for the Southwest Florida Water Management District said. ...more

December 26, 2007

TAMPA - A Hillsborough County park ranger pleaded guilty in federal court today to possessing child pornography. ...more

December 20, 2007

Florida could have mermaids on the payroll under a tentative plan to turn Weeki Wachee Springs into a state park, although Hernando County officials are also interested in taking over the troubled attraction. ...more

December 19, 2007

The corridor of land wedged between Interstate 75 and Falkenburg Road is expected to explode with new development over the next few years. ...more

December 17, 2007

Confetti the miniature horse is Cheryl Spencer's eyes and goes with her everywhere, one of the few guide horses helping the blind in this country. ...more

December 17, 2007

Hundreds of thousands of holiday cards and letters thanking wounded American troops for their sacrifice and wishing them well never reach their destination. They are returned to sender or thrown away unopened. ...more

December 12, 2007