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Scientists Witness Star's Explosive Death

WASHINGTON - In a stroke of cosmic luck, astronomers for the first time witnessed the start of one of the universe's most fiery events: the end of a star's life as it exploded into a supernova. ...more

May 22, 2008

Clearwater Facility May Be Issue

A security checkpoint helped keep a gunman from passing through the Pinellas County Judicial Building on Wednesday, but the system is not in place at the much larger, busier court center in downtown Clearwater. ...more

May 8, 2008

In Wake Of St. Pete Shooting, Security At Clearwater Courthouse May Be At Issue

ST. PETERSBURG -- A security checkpoint system helped keep a gunman from passing through the Pinellas County Judicial Building on Wednesday, but it's not in place at the much larger, busier court center in downtown Clearwater. All visitors to the downtown St. Petersburg court building and the Criminal Justice Center on 49th Street North must walk through a metal detector and have their items screened by magnetometers, or X-ray machines, before entering. In Clearwater, the seat of county government, people enter the main courts complex from several access points. Bailiffs guard only a section of the complex housing the courtrooms and judicial chambers and only visitors to that section are screened by security inspection equipment. ...more

May 7, 2008

TIA Passenger Jailed After Box Cutter Found In Book

A 21-year-old Clearwater man was arrested at Tampa International Airport last weekend after security personnel found a box cutter in a hollowed-out book, authorities said. ...more

February 21, 2008

TIA Passenger Had Box Cutter In Hollowed-Out Book

TAMPA -- A 21-year-old Clearwater man was arrested at Tampa International Airport this weekend after security personnel found a box cutter in a hollowed-out book, authorities said. ...more

February 20, 2008

Tonight's Game Plan Also Calls For Some Super-Wacky Ads

Pop star Justin Timberlake will take pratfalls for Pepsi. Fitness nut Richard Simmons will work up a sweat for Bridgestone tires. And Anheuser-Busch will tell viewers that drinking Bud Light gives you special powers such as X-ray vision and the ability to breathe fire. ...more

February 1, 2008

Game Plan Calls For Some Super-Wacky Ads

TAMPA - Pop star Justin Timberlake will take pratfalls for Pepsi. Fitness nut Richard Simmons will work up a sweat for Bridgestone tires. And Anheuser-Busch will tell viewers that drinking Bud Light gives you special powers such as X-ray vision and the ability to breathe fire. These are just some of the wild and wacky advertisements coming up tonight during Super Bowl XLII on Fox. ...more

February 1, 2008