A few weeks ago, less than 12 hours after the Bucs clinched the NFC South and a playoff berth, the guard in the booth at One Buc Place saw solitary headlights approach. It was 3:30 a.m. He did not call for backup. ...more

December 29, 2007

School may be out for the holidays, but for some local students, the work is far from over. ...more

December 29, 2007

A soldier from North Florida died during combat on his second tour in Iraq, officials said Friday. ...more

December 29, 2007

The deadly tiger escape at the San Francisco Zoo could prove to be a costly blow to an institution that has come under fire repeatedly in the past few years over the deaths of two elephants and the mauling of a zookeeper. ...more

December 29, 2007

The director of the zoo where a teenager was killed by an escaped tiger acknowledged Thursday that the wall around the animal's pen was 12 1/2 feet high - well below the height recommended by the accrediting agency for the nation's zoos. ...more

December 28, 2007

After arriving in Tampa late in the evening on Christmas Day, the Wisconsin Badgers began preparation for their New Year's Day Outback Bowl meeting with Tennessee with a practice Wednesday afternoon at Jefferson High, aimed primarily at adapting to the Florida sunshine. ...more

December 27, 2007

The big cat exhibit at the San Francisco Zoo was cordoned off as a crime scene Wednesday as investigators tried to determine whether a 300-pound Siberian tiger that killed a visitor escaped from its high-walled pen on its own or got help from someone, inadvertent or otherwise. ...more

December 27, 2007

Family violence kept law enforcement busy across Hillsborough County on Christmas. Twenty-one people were arrested Tuesday on domestic battery charges, records show. That was about one-quarter of the 85 inmates booked into Orient Road Jail and nearly double the number charged with driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs. Last year, about 9 percent of those arrested Christmas Day were booked on domestic violence charges. ...more

December 27, 2007

Family violence kept law enforcement busy across Hillsborough County on Christmas. ...more

December 26, 2007

This George Washington could not make it across the Delaware River. ...more

December 26, 2007