Residents in New Tampa soon will have a new fire station and firefighters in their neighborhood, courtesy of the federal government. ...more

October 9, 2009

Residents in New Tampa soon will have a new fire station and firefighters in their neighborhood, courtesy of the federal government. ...more

October 8, 2009

Former Republican presidential candidate Bob Dole says a top GOP leader asked him not to publicly support health care reform. But he's doing so anyway. ...more

October 7, 2009

The Manatee County Sheriff's Office has charged a Palmetto man with murder in the wake of a fatal home invasion Thursday night. Lamont Yarn, 19, who has no permanent address, was shot in the upper body during the incident at a home on Third Avenue Drive East in Palmetto. ...more

October 3, 2009

No one expects a zombie apocalypse. But the University of Florida is making sure officials are ready for a night of the living dead, just in case. ...more

October 3, 2009

A CBS News employee has been indicted in an extortion plot against David Letterman, who was forced to acknowledge sexual relationships with female staffers on his show after the man tried to blackmail him for $2 million, the Manhattan district attorney said Friday. Robert J. "Joe" Halderman, a producer for the true-crime show "48 Hours," was arrested Thursday and indicted on one count of attempted first-degree grand larceny, punishable by five to 15 years upon conviction, District Attorney Robert Morgenthau said. ...more

October 2, 2009

The University of Florida's response plans for a zombie apocalypse are no longer available for public consumption. UF spokesman Steve Orlando said Friday the university removed a link to a disaster recovery exercise, which detailed how the school could respond to an outbreak of the undead. The link was taken down late Thursday afternoon. ...more

October 2, 2009

Frontier Airlines is expected to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection today with little change that passengers will notice, although the airline shifted ticket counter and terminal operations at Tampa International Airport. ...more

October 1, 2009

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — At least 75 Guantanamo detainees have been cleared for release by a task force sorting through the remaining prisoners as part of the Obama administration's effort to shutter the jail, according to a list released Monday by the U.S. military. ...more

September 28, 2009

A sudden rain shower contributed to a pileup that involved dozens of vehicles on the Howard Frankland Bridge on Sunday afternoon. The Florida Highway Patrol worked 19 crashes involving 64 vehicles traveling in the southbound lanes of Interstate 275. ...more

September 28, 2009