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It's the closest these Floridians will ever get to an actual snow day. The threat of Isaac canceled most official business at the Republican National Convention Monday. The storm went west, leaving members of Florida's delegation free to engage in a political snowball fight of their own.

A new model has predicted that Mitt Romney will beat President Barack Obama in the presidential election. But Nate Cohn of The New Republic reminds us that for every prediction there is an equally compelling model that shows the opposite outcome.

Republicans called their convention to order, then quickly went into recess. Tropical storm Isaac has interfered with their schedule. They're not wasting time, though, in hitting what will be a familiar theme: That the national debt is soaring.

Mormon food culture comes from spiritual teachings and the pioneering ways of a new religion in a new country as it evolved westward. Knowing more about it may provide some insights into the personal beliefs of GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney.

"It's not a police state," says Tampa Police Chief Jane Castor, adding that the officers on hand during Monday's March on the RNC were there for the…

There may not have been much happening inside the Tampa Bay Times Forum on Monday, but plenty was happening outside.Protesters marched through downtown on…

Sorry guys. This one's for the ladies. A new study has found a gene that appears to make women happy. The findings appear online in the journal Progress…

Sarah Palin impersonator and adult film star--Lisa Ann-- spoke out about the current health crisis in the adult film industry while holding a press…

A group of likely anarchists dressed in black tried to march without a permit through downtown Tampa late Monday afternoon.The protesters sat down in the…

The RNC wasn't even in session on Monday, as the threat of Tropical Storm Isaac was still very real. The Coalition to March on the RNC wasn't deterred.The…

Protesters spoke out against voter suppression laws and marched in Ybor City on Tuesday, a few miles from where the first official day of the RNC took…

Mitt Romney accepted his party's presidential nomination and promised to end four years of "disappointment and division." President Obama, he said, has failed to solve the nation's problems and it's time for him to leave the White House.

Protesters in town for the RNC took a bus ride down to Apollo Beach on Thursday to support an environmental protest at TECO Energy's Big Bend power…

The most important speech of Mitt Romney's career reached out to skeptical female voters, spoke to those disillusioned with President Obama, and had its genuinely moving interludes. Was it enough to change lingering perceptions of the long-running candidate?

Transcript of Florida Sen. Marco Rubio's speech at the Republican National Convention.

After the Occupy Wall Street People and the anarchists seemingly fled downtown Tampa after several days of protests, the working class came out Wednesday…

They were dressed in masks. Some wore black bandannas over their faces. They were shirtless, beating drums, and one guy wore a boot on his head."Wake up,…

Scott Finn of WUSF Public Media in Tampa, Fla., wonders why some media reports paint his city — host of the Republican National Convention — as "a disaster" and the "strip club capital of the world." He says Tampa looks as much like America as anywhere else and that bashers should back off.

About fifteen thousand members of the media were in town for the RNC--but perhaps you didn't notice, given the limited coverage of Tampa within the last…

Remember how everyone was scared that thousands of protesters would descend on Tampa, throwing the RNC into chaos? Well, that "invasion" never…

With polls suggesting a North Carolina race that's tight as a tick, Republicans are seeking to increase their vote across the board, including places where President Obama did well in 2008. On the eve of the Democratic National Convention, an on-the-ground look at the race in the host state.

Mitt Romney has Clint Eastwood and that now-famous empty chair on his side. But the Republican presidential nominee isn't the only one getting entertainment industry shoutouts this week.

Readers and listeners complain about bias in individual segments of NPR's coverage, but Managing Editor David Sweeney says overall balance in the aggregate is what counts. We listened to a morning news meeting to see how the NPR sausage gets made.

The Tampa Bay Times reports that Tampa International Airport officials faced a major challenge Saturday--not a huge number of people leaving town after…

Among the places getting a facelift in advance of the Republican National Convention is one location that most hope doesn't get a lot of use--Hillsborough…