Children's toys carrying the Barbie and Disney logos have turned up with high levels of lead in them, according to a California-based advocacy group - a finding that may give consumers pause as they shop for the holiday season. ...more

November 19, 2009

It's 7:25 on Tuesday morning and I'm standing in front of the Tampa Yacht Club. ...more

November 13, 2009

Well, the Bucs are finally winners. I guess that's a load off as they head to Miami. And now let's get to the bigger football game this weekend, the one where everyone wins. ...more

November 12, 2009

Tropical Storm Ida sloshed ashore with rain and gusty winds Tuesday before weakening to a depression, causing little damage along the Gulf Coast but bringing rain to the already-soaked Southeast. ...more

November 11, 2009

Citrus businessman and agricultural leader Leonard C. (Lenny) Smith III, 57, passed away early Tuesday morning at Highlands Regional Medical Center. ...more

November 11, 2009

Albert Michalczyk said that if the government televised executions, then he might watch Virginia prison officials give serial killer John Allen Muhammad a lethal injection for being one of two snipers who killed 10 people in Washington, Virginia and Maryland seven years ago. ...more

November 11, 2009

BALTIMORE (AP) — University of Maryland Medical Center surgeons have transplanted four kidneys through the patients' belly buttons. ...more

November 10, 2009

The first hurricane or tropical storm in 14 years to reach the Gulf during November should bring some rain, increased wind and a chance of tornadoes to the Tampa Bay area as it crosses Florida. ...more

November 9, 2009

Ida has been downgraded to a tropical storm, weakening as it dumps heavy rains over Nicaragua. ...more

November 5, 2009

The speed limit on Meadow Pointe Boulevard is going up. Pasco County commissioners Tuesday morning approved a plan to raise the speed limit for the two-lane road to 45 mph between State Road 54 and Sheringham Way and to 40 mph south to Beardsley Drive. ...more

November 4, 2009