Despite receiving a strong credit rating for its investment portfolio, Hillsborough County may not be immune to the worsening economy. ...more

April 10, 2009

In February, the financial services company USAA announced plans to hire 400 people in Tampa. Now, plans have changed. The company will now hire fewer than that – for a couple of reasons. ...more

April 9, 2009

Britney Spears is apologizing to fans after smoky conditions at a concert in Vancouver, Canada, led to a 30-minute delay in her show. ...more

April 9, 2009

Fidel Castro met Tuesday with three members of the Congressional Black Caucus, the former Cuban president's first known meeting with American officials since he fell ill in July 2006. ...more

April 7, 2009

Andres Cruz said he was scared when a woman claiming to be an immigration official came to his job and told him she needed to take his 2-month-old baby. ...more

March 26, 2009

The number of hotel rooms booked in January declined 5.7 percent in the Tampa-St. Petersburg region compared with 5.4 percent for Florida and 7.7 percent for the United States, a Tennessee travel industry consultant reported. ...more

March 24, 2009

Tampa Bay Rays third baseman Evan Longoria said this morning he still has not heard from USA Baseball about the possibility of being called in as an injury replacement for this weekend's final round of the World Baseball Classic. ...more

March 19, 2009

Employment Status of the Civilian Population:

March 15, 2009

The 387th Transportation Detachment, an Army Reserve unit stationed in Tampa, have returned from their yearlong deployment supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. ...more

March 14, 2009

A man flying back to the United States from Cancun, Mexico, brought six doses of LSD with him, Tampa International Airport police say. Police arrested Samuel Benjamin Reiz, 22, of Overland Park, Kan., at the airport Sunday afternoon. ...more

March 9, 2009