Authorities have identified the man who died free-diving in the Gulf as 19-year-old Tyler B. Pillion of Madeira Beach. ...more

September 24, 2009

As Clearwater High School graduate Nicole Passonno Stott took a spacewalk Tuesday, her friends and family watched intently from Capogna's Dugout Italian Restaurant and Sports Bar. Television sets normally tuned to the Rays or Bucs in the Clearwater establishment were fixed on the NASA channel as Stott removed an ammonia tank from the International Space Station. The flight engineer is one of seven astronauts who blasted off Friday aboard space shuttle Discovery. They hooked up Sunday with the space station, where Stott will spend the next three months. ...more

September 2, 2009

A graduate of Clearwater High School who rocketed into space last week will step outside for a walk today. Flight engineer Nicole Stott, who also attended St. Petersburg College and the University of Central Florida, is scheduled to begin a spacewalk with mission specialist Danny Olivas at 5:49 p.m. today. ...more

September 1, 2009

During President Obama's campaign, I recall seeing an interview clip of a woman who attended one of his rallies. When asked why she was voting for Obama, she responded, "Obama is going to pay my mortgage and put gas in my tank." ...more

August 6, 2009

The Global Humanitarian Forum, a think tank led by former U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan, calls climate change the greatest emerging humanitarian challenge in a report released ahead of global warming talks in Bonn, Germany, next week. The talks could lead to a new global treaty on cutting greenhouse gas emissions. ...more

May 30, 2009

Pasco County sheriff's investigators are looking into a rash of gas thefts that involved more than a few gallons. ...more

May 23, 2009

As tens of millions tank up and hit the road for Memorial Day weekend, gas prices are rising fast enough to revive painful memories of the $4-a-gallon summer of 2008. ...more

May 22, 2009

Hillsborough County neighborhoods needing playground equipment, planning festivals or trying to beautify can apply for grants of up to $1,500 from the county. ...more

May 1, 2009

Former Tampa Bay Buccaneers linebacker Derrick Brooks entered One Buc Place wearing a baby blue Nike jumpsuit and not the red and pewter most are used to him adorning. ...more

February 27, 2009

SANTA MONICA, Calif. - Staff at the Santa Monica Pier Aquarium in California say the trickster who flooded their offices with sea water was armed. Eight-armed, to be exact. ...more

February 27, 2009