61.6 Percent of eligible voters who cast ballots in the Nov. 4 election 131 million ...more

December 15, 2008

An e-mail from a purported hit man is making its rounds, threatening immediate death to the recipient if they don't fork over $8,000. ...more

December 4, 2008

The business software company Sage Software has started a second round of layoffs in Tampa Bay. Sage operates a medical software operation in Tampa, and in July cut 135 workers, bringing ranks there to about 365 workers now. ...more

December 3, 2008

12,500 to 50,000 Tampa Bay area residents contracting flu each year 250 million ...more

November 22, 2008

A ceremony Thursday observed the 65th anniversary of the Nov. 20, 1943, start of the three-day Battle of Tarawa. The United States aimed to take Tarawa from Japan, which had controlled the island since Tokyo ousted the British three days after the attack on Pearl Harbor. ...more

November 21, 2008

Wholesale prices in October experienced the biggest one-month drop on records that go back more than 60 years. ...more

November 19, 2008

A Mexican citizen who pleaded guilty to one count of illegal re-entry into the United States after being deported was sentenced today to five years in prison, prosecutors say. ...more

November 18, 2008

33,000 Number of wild horses roaming open ranges in the United States 10 Number of Western states where the horses roam ...more

November 17, 2008

Paul Silvage of Port Richey, a representative of the National Association of Atomic Veterans, appreciate salute to veterans at Schrader Elementary School. ...more

November 15, 2008

According to Frances Earl's column, now that Barack Obama has been elected president, all will be right with the world. The terrorists will stop attacking us. The world will love us. Jobs will come flooding back to the United States. Everyone will be able to buy a house, and everyone's child will be able to go to college. ...more

November 8, 2008