Fidel Castro, who is 81 and ailing, initiated a rare moment of political uncertainty in Cuba when he resigned this week after nearly five decades in power. He and his brother Raul represent the generation known in Cuba as the "historicos," those who rose to power because of their active early support for the revolution. ...more

February 22, 2008

SARASOTA COUNTY — Police are looking for a man in an older, dark blue sedan after a 30-year-old woman reported that he pretended to be a police officer and stopped her car on U.S. 301. ...more

February 19, 2008

About halfway through 2007, people began asking me if I thought turning 50 would bother me. Actually, until people started asking me if it would bother me — it hadn't. ...more

February 11, 2008

A man has been hospitalized after a sheet of drywall fell two stories and landed on him, said Hillsborough County Fire Rescue officials. ...more

February 11, 2008

CRYSTAL RIVER - A woman working with her son at his convenience store was shot in the abdomen after a struggle with the gunman, Citrus County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

February 11, 2008

U.S. 19 North at Enterprise Road in Clearwater reopened after firefighters pulled a woman from a crashed car, said public safety spokeswoman Elizabeth Daly-Watts. ...more

February 7, 2008

Bucking the trend in many other wealthy industrialized nations, the United States seems to be experiencing a baby boomlet, reporting the largest number of children born in 45 years. ...more

January 16, 2008

The flakes melted quickly. But the smiles, wonder and excited story-swapping went on throughout the day: It snowed in Baghdad. ...more

January 12, 2008

TAMPA - Police are combing the Palma Ceia area for a robber in a beige suit jacket and brown ball cap who took an undetermined amount of jewelry and cash from a store about 2 p.m. today. ...more

January 9, 2008

TAMPA - Detectives are searching for a man they say has robbed three convenience stores since Monday, each time by reaching into the register after asking the clerk for change. ...more

January 9, 2008