An Indian navy frigate on Tuesday battled with and sank a suspected Somali pirate "mother ship" in the Gulf of Aden, one of the world's busiest and most lawless shipping lanes. ...more

November 20, 2008

Odyssey Marine Exploration, the Tampa company that recovered sunken treasure worth an estimated $500 million from the Atlantic Ocean in 2007, tried knocking down Spain's claim to the loot in papers filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Tampa. ...more

November 19, 2008

Odyssey Marine Exploration, the Tampa company that recovered sunken treasure worth an estimated $500 million from the Atlantic Ocean in 2007, tried knocking down Spain's claim to the loot in papers filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Tampa. ...more

November 18, 2008

TAMPA Odyssey Marine Exploration, the company that recovered a sunken treasure worth an estimated $500 million from the Atlantic Ocean last year, said late Monday it lost $6.5 million, or 13 cents a share, in the third quarter. The treasure won't be reflected in Odyssey's financial results until ownership of the loot — 17 tons of colonial-era coins — is determined by a federal court in Tampa. Odyssey could be ordered to return the coins to Spain, which has claimed ownership of the entire haul. ...more

November 11, 2008

"It's a humbling experience," Sebring resident Fred Carino says of standing on the bridge of a Naval warship. He was a full commander and as the ship's captain he had responsibility for the 445-foot-long frigate, the USS Robert E. Peary, and the 325 men it took to keep her seaworthy and battle ready. ...more

September 29, 2008

Every so often, not just every four years, but in a seemingly endless succession of election years, we're deluged, bombarded, and swamped with political posturing and pontificating. Each side tries to convince us poor ignorant peasants that their candidate walks on water and will make the civilized world safe from all predators while their opponent, if elected, will bring us to the brink of extinction. ...more

September 13, 2008

U.S. military prosecutors Monday charged a detainee at the Guantanamo Bay prison with murder and other crimes for allegedly planning the attack on the USS Cole warship that killed 17 U.S. service members and injured nearly 50 others. ...more

July 1, 2008

AUSTRALIA - Australia, a staunch U.S. ally and one of the first countries to commit troops to the Iraq war five years ago, ended combat operations there Sunday, a Defense Department official said. ...more

June 1, 2008

After Spain claimed ownership of a sunken treasure worth an estimated $500 million this week, the Tampa company that recovered the loot has fired back, saying the rightful owner is a mystery and that it's entitled to a share of the find. ...more

May 10, 2008

Tampa-based Odyssey Marine Exploration, which recovered a sunken treasure from a shipwreck that Spain is now claiming, says there is no conclusive evidence that the treasure it recovered last year came from a Spanish warship. ...more

May 9, 2008