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The unemployment rate in Florida dropped from 9.4% in February to 9% in March, acorrding to the Tampa Bay Times. States officials say that is the biggest…

The Cultural Property Awareness Team (CPAT) at the University of South Florida is petitioning to get cultural property-themed exhibits set up at USF…

Two cities, Tampa and Miami, are locked in a battle to claim the Cuban sandwich as its own.A Cuban sandwich is shredded pork, glazed ham, Swiss cheese,…

Two cities, Tampa and Miami, are locked in a battle to claim the Cuban sandwich as its own.A Cuban sandwich is shredded pork, glazed ham, Swiss cheese,…

BP spokesman Craig Savage was quoted in the Tampa Bay Times in the days before the two year anniversary of the BP Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico as…

Four adventurers are coming to the end of a 1,000-mile trek across the state. That might have been the easy part. Their goal: Document the disconnected and disappearing wildlife in Florida's interior and promote a continuous natural corridor the length of the state.

Wildlife photographer Carlton Ward Jr., filmmaker Elam Stoltzfus, bear biologist Joe Guthrie and conservationist Mallory Lykes Dimmitt have wrapped up the…

One in two college graduates don’t have a job or they are underemployed where they don’t fully use their skills and knowledge, according to an Associated…

U.S. election campaigns have become gaffe-centric. Candidates live in fear of letting slip that sentence, or half-sentence, that makes the opposition's day. Catching those moments is the job of the video trackers. They're usually young people, fresh out of college, looking for a way into politics.

Court papers now posted online confirm that he has entered a plea to the charge of second-degree murder.

National polls show a close race for the popular vote between President Obama and Mitt Romney, but you may find it more enlightening to look at the larger, more complex puzzle that is the Electoral College map. The state-by-state landscape is distinctly more uphill for the challenger.

Now that USF Polytechnic in Lakeland is becoming an independent university, one question is, what happens to all the current USF Poly faculty and…

After an incursion by the upstart Miami Cuban community, the people have spoken – Tampa is the true home of the Cuban sandwich.More than 7,200 people…

We've had drier than normal conditions and if rain doesn't start falling soon the Tampa Bay area might be under a tighter water restriction.The Southwest…

Almost 300 USF students teamed with some TV reality show stars to set a Guinness record for the world's largest speed-dating event.It's a brand-new…

It's not often you hear about a play based on an environmental disaster. But playwright Caridad Svich has done just that. It's called "The Way of Water,"…

Credit the surging economies of South America and increased passenger routes -- Miami International Airport welcomed more international passengers between…

An initiative called American Graduate: Let's Make It Happen, which is funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, brought together public school…

The University of South Florida may be closing its Lakeland campus, but those employees will have jobs for at least another year.That’s according to USF…

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement released some data Monday that says Hillsborough County's crime index fell 12.7 percent last year, according to…

Less than two months after USF Health opened the doors on its Center for Advanced Medical Learning and Simulation (CAMLS), one of its creators is leaving…

“I want to make sure, if we’re going to have a 12th university, that we can afford a 12th university,” Florida Gov. Rick Scott said during the legislative…

Floridians are not from here. That's one stat Florida Trends has dug out of the latest census data.According the "Florida Trends" research, here are five…

The Associated Press is reporting that Terri Schiavo's family members have moved the foundation they started after her death from St. Petersburg to…

Florida's governor has said no to a request from Tampa's mayor to allow the city to ban concealed carry weapons in downtown Tampa during the Republican…