Fifty years ago, Tampa heaved a sigh of relief at the end of one of its greatest political campaigns. The 1959 mayor's race may have lacked the fisticuffs and fireworks of D.B. McKay and R.E.L. Chancey's contest in 1935, but it featured two talented and contrasting candidates who voters greatly liked and disliked. ...more

November 15, 2009

This being Veterans Day, our thoughts turn to those serving in the military, past and present. And there are TV programs today that honor them. ...more

November 11, 2009

There's "no way" to explain the mass shooting at Fort Hood Army base in Texas, Eric Shinseki, the secretary of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, said in Tampa on Friday. ...more

November 7, 2009

A Pinellas-Pasco circuit judge said Wednesday that Nick Bollea does not have to travel from California, where he now lives, to Florida to be deposed in a lawsuit filed against him after a wreck that left a friend with permanent brain damage. ...more

October 22, 2009

A Pinellas-Pasco circuit judge said today that Nick Bollea does not have to travel from California, where he now lives, to Florida in order to be deposed in a lawsuit filed against him after a wreck that left a friend with permanent brain damage. The guardian for the friend, John Graziano, is suing Bollea, along with Bollea's parents – famed former wrestler Hulk Hogan, whose real name is Terry Bollea, and Linda Bollea. ...more

October 21, 2009

On Sept. 30, 2004, Debra Graziano asked for a restraining order against her husband Edward, accusing him of putting a carving knife to her throat. ...more

February 28, 2009

On Sept. 30, 2004, Debra Graziano asked for a restraining order against her husband Edward, accusing him of putting a carving knife to her throat and threatening to slash her carotid artery, according to court documents. ...more

February 27, 2009

The drawn-out divorce between Hulk Hogan and his estranged wife, Linda Bollea, may soon be scheduled for trial. ...more

February 10, 2009

In the entire history of pick-up lines, Bill Thompson has come up with one that's quite possibly never been used before. ...more

February 1, 2009

An Iraq war veteran has been sentenced to 30 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to fatally shooting his girlfriend's ex-boyfriend in St. Petersburg two years ago, according to prosecutors and police documents. ...more

January 29, 2009