RECONCILING AFGHANISTAN: President Barack Obama declared that the United States is not winning the war in Afghanistan and opened the door to a reconciliation process in which the U.S. military would reach out to moderate elements of the Taliban, much as it did with Sunni militias in Iraq. ...more

March 8, 2009

The Britney Spears circus is still coming to town Sunday, but the show will start an hour later than initially reported. ...more

March 6, 2009

Crime Stoppers of Tampa Bay is offering a reward for a man suspected of raping an 8-year-old child in the Washington, D.C., area. ...more

February 20, 2009

Net migration from Mexico, mainly to the United States, plunged by more than 50 percent in late 2008 compared with a year earlier as fewer Mexicans left their country in search of work, the government said Thursday. ...more

February 20, 2009

Shark attacks worldwide dipped last year to their lowest level in five years. ...more

February 19, 2009

PORT CHARLOTTE—Scott Kazmir will not be allowed to pitch for the United States in the upcoming World Baseball Classic. ...more

February 17, 2009

Gasoline prices in the Tampa Bay area continue to climb, despite abundant oil supplies and low oil prices. ...more

February 17, 2009

Gasoline prices in the Tampa Bay area continue to climb, despite abundant oil supplies and low oil prices. Although oil prices remain less than $40 a barrel, the average price of gasoline is creeping closer to $2 a gallon in the Bay area, according to AAA's Daily Fuel Gauge Report. ...more

February 16, 2009

America must recognize the fact that Mexico is in collapse. It is controlled by war lords just as China was in the early 1900s. The last 60 years have been very trying and costly for the United States. It has been a highway for illegal drugs and illegal movement of people into the United States, from all over the world. We have troops on the ground all around the world to help those nations from killing each other, yet we are ignoring our neighbor to the south whose death rate is not acceptable; in fact, it is reaching into the United States. ...more

February 14, 2009

The average price of a gallon of regular gasoline in the Tampa Bay area has risen 9 cents in two weeks, despite low oil prices. ...more

February 10, 2009