Police at Tampa International Airport arrested a 71-year-old woman after finding a leather bludgeon in her bag she said she kept "to hit men's hands when they get fresh," an arrest report states. ...more

January 4, 2008

TAMPA - Police at Tampa International Airport arrested a 71-year-old woman after finding a leather bludgeon in her bag she said she kept "to hit men's hands when they get fresh," an arrest report states. ...more

January 3, 2008

Hand sanitizer makes it through security in one airport, then it's confiscated at another. Screening lines back up because only two of six lanes are open. And then there's the occasional all-too-intimate pat-down. ...more

December 21, 2007

Lewd photographs of children were disappearing from adult bookstores. Child porn magazines in plain brown envelopes were no longer reaching customers through the mail. It was the early 1990s, and experts thought federal law enforcement efforts were ending child pornography. ...more

December 16, 2007

A 42-year-old Polk County man was arrested by the FBI Monday night in connection with a threat against an airliner bound for Atlanta from Orlando. ...more

December 11, 2007

Gary Milano became director last week of the Tampa area district for the Transportation Security Administration, just before one of aviation's busiest travel periods. ...more

November 20, 2007

Security for the nation's pipelines was highlighted by this week's major ammonia leak on U.S. 301. A U.S. congressman and a Florida state senator are after answers and accountability. ...more

November 15, 2007

Undercover investigators carried all the bomb components needed to cause "severe damage" to airliners and passengers through U.S. airport screening checkpoints several times this year, despite security measures adopted in August 2006 to stop such explosive devices, according to a new government report. ...more

November 15, 2007

WASHINGTON – Rep. Gus Bilirakis wants information from federal transportation officials about security surrounding the nation's 160,000 miles of aging pipelines that carry gasoline and other hazardous liquids. ...more

November 14, 2007

Regarding 'Remote-Controlled Toys Get Airport Security Scrutiny' (Metro, Oct. 2): ...more

October 4, 2007