Blood services merge to save money Florida Blood Services is merging its blood-testing service with a large testing company in a new partnership. Separately, St. Petersburg-based Florida Blood Services and Blood Systems Laboratories, which has offices in Phoenix and the Dallas area, test about 25 percent of the U.S. blood supply, according to a news release. ...more

November 12, 2009

Police are investigating the extent of a man's involvement with the Florida State Fair after the man, who is charged in a sex crime, said he owned and operated several rides and games there. Tampa police on Sunday arrested Alex Pala, 42, of Chicago, at the Days Inn at 2522 N. Dale Mabry Highway. Detectives said he tried to pay for sex with a 14-year-old boy, offering the child housing and several thousand dollars a month. ...more

February 17, 2009

A 42-year-old man who said he owns and operates several rides and games for the Florida State Fair tried to pay for sex with a 14-year-old boy in Tampa on Sunday, Tampa police say. Instead, he was met by law enforcement. ...more

February 16, 2009

Which is worse, driving while drunk or yakking on a cell phone while behind the wheel? ...more

January 21, 2009