I'd pay good money to see the look on Don Rogers' face the first time he drives through the State Road 60 and Kings Avenue intersection in Brandon and spots the men and women in bright orange vests routing traffic around cones, barricades and survey equipment. ...more

September 16, 2009

Maybe it was all the new signs. Maybe it was the barrage of warnings from the Department of Transportation and the media. Whatever the case, Tampa Bay area motorists seemed to deal with the newly realigned Memorial Highway with barely a brake light or traffic jam on Wednesday. The morning drive time seemed unaffected, and even the 5 p.m. traffic crunch appeared no worse than usual. The changes were instituted Wednesday morning and most affected drivers getting off Memorial Highway onto the Courtney Campbell Causeway. ...more

August 20, 2009

Taunting the United States on its birthday, North Korea fired seven missiles into the Sea of Japan early Saturday in a provocative move that some experts said might have been intended to discourage deployment of new missile defenses against the communist state. ...more

July 5, 2009

Having conquered their issues with space, the University of South Florida is headed to the final frontier of the WNIT. ...more

April 2, 2009

St. Petersburg junior welterweight Derrick Samuels physically imposed his will on Roberto Valenzuela (48-46-2) during his seventh-round technical knockout victory at the A La Carte Event Pavilion on Friday. ...more

March 28, 2009

C.J. Anderson scored 14 points and Xavier shot 54 percent from the field, beating Portland State to reach the second round of the NCAA Tournament for the third straight year. ...more

March 21, 2009

A year ago, as they walked off the court after another early exit from the NCAA Tournament, Jon Scheyer and Gerald Henderson made sure to soak it all in. They didn't want to forget how much it hurt. They didn't want to forget how it felt to be denied a championship. ...more

March 15, 2009

Despite being the SEC's absolute worst 3-point shooting team this season, the Tennessee Volunteers were sufficiently capable at some of the game's other requirements to enter the conference tournament as a No. 1 seed and advance to Saturday's semifinal against Auburn. ...more

March 15, 2009

For 311/2 games, no one could solve Springstead High and its stifling pressure defense. ...more

March 8, 2009

A Sarasota man has been arrested on federal charges that he sent threatening e-mail to people, including a state representative. ...more

February 12, 2009