An explosion destroyed a three-story girls dormitory in central Turkey on Friday, killing at least 17 students, injuring 27 and setting off a frantic search for others trapped in the rubble. ...more

August 2, 2008

NEW PORT RICHEY - The downtown area will soon have a new, distinctive element of character as a project that's been on the drawing board for several years is finally picking up steam. ...more

June 11, 2008

About 120 Deloitte employees who usually push computer and calculator keys in their air-conditioned offices in Tampa put their hands to shovels and rakes Friday, helping the Tampa Metro YMCA's Camp Cristina spruce up its grounds before summer camp opens Monday. Volunteers replenished landscaping, cleared nature trails and painted the open-air stage backdrop. About a dozen Deloitte employees pulled indoor duty, drafting a new personal finance curriculum for the YMCA to introduce to teenage counselors in training. ...more

June 9, 2008

The directors of Tampa's University Community Hospital on Tuesday symbolically kicked off construction of a long-term acute care facility just off U.S. 41 in this central Pasco County community. ...more

February 6, 2008

Thousands of people used shovels and buckets in a massive operation Sunday to clean up the South Korea's largest oil spill, which blackened beaches along the country's western coast. ...more

December 10, 2007

The Civil War re-enactors and politicians past and present who gathered Monday were just a taste of what residents can expect from the new Tampa Bay History Center. ...more

December 4, 2007

Hundreds of U.S. and Iraqi troops backed by helicopters descended Friday on a remote desert area southwest of Baghdad to root out al-Qaida in Iraq and search for two U.S. soldiers missing after a deadly insurgent ambush six months ago. ...more

November 17, 2007

Family and friends of a young mother who disappeared Nov. 5 from her Colony Lakes Estates home have organized a search for her that will begin at 8 a.m. today. ...more

November 17, 2007

For months before investigators descended on Leisure Drive on Saturday, neighbors had talked about the body buried behind a mobile home there. ...more

October 22, 2007