$50 billion to $60 billion Original Bush administration estimate of the cost of the Iraq war ...more

December 26, 2008

A former University of South Florida student was sentenced this morning to 15 years in federal prison for providing aid to terrorists by making an Internet video on how to use a toy to start a bomb by remote control ...more

December 18, 2008

The Valpak coupon company will eliminate 79 positions as a result of lower projected coupon volume in 2009. That represents about 6 percent of Valpak's work force. ...more

December 18, 2008

The Valpak coupon company will eliminate 79 positions as a result of lower projected coupon volume in 2009. That represents about six percent of Valpak's total workforce. ...more

December 17, 2008

Florida is receiving $587,000 as part of a multistate settlement with toy maker Mattel and subsidiary Fisher-Price. ...more

December 16, 2008

61.6 Percent of eligible voters who cast ballots in the Nov. 4 election 131 million ...more

December 15, 2008

An e-mail from a purported hit man is making its rounds, threatening immediate death to the recipient if they don't fork over $8,000. ...more

December 4, 2008

The business software company Sage Software has started a second round of layoffs in Tampa Bay. Sage operates a medical software operation in Tampa, and in July cut 135 workers, bringing ranks there to about 365 workers now. ...more

December 3, 2008

12,500 to 50,000 Tampa Bay area residents contracting flu each year 250 million ...more

November 22, 2008

A ceremony Thursday observed the 65th anniversary of the Nov. 20, 1943, start of the three-day Battle of Tarawa. The United States aimed to take Tarawa from Japan, which had controlled the island since Tokyo ousted the British three days after the attack on Pearl Harbor. ...more

November 21, 2008