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Five hundred years ago, a group of Spanish explorers founded "La Florida" – land of flowers. According to legend, they were searching for the Fountain of…

Job fairs for veterans, coordinated by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, have made a mark over the last 21 months.Between March 2011 and December 2012, the…

The debate over allowing concealed weapons on college campuses is heating up at USF's Tampa campus this week. We visited the Bull Market, where opponents…

Put a kid in front of the camera and you will likely see some hijinks.And that is precisely what happened today with 2-year-old Chase and 4-year-old Cole…

This week, the Florida Senate passed the Freedom from Unwanted Surveillance Act, which prevents law enforcement agencies from using drones for routine…

Dr. Akshay "A.K." Desai borrowed tens of millions of dollars from friends and other investors and quickly built a group of interlocking companies that…

My husband is a political show junkie, but not even he had time to catch all seven of Marco Rubio's Sunday morning TV news appearances. Yes, seven. That's…

"Mother Jones" magazine decided to publish recordings of a campaign strategy session in the Louisville, Ky. offices of U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell while…

We've apparently got a passion for America's Pasttime - seven spring training teams set attendance records this year, with several of those in the Tampa…

Tampa Bay Times' editor of editorials Tim Nickens and columnist Daniel Ruth have received the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for editorial writing.According to the…

The Florida Education Association and National Education Association filed a federal lawsuit today challenging the constitutionality of Florida’s teacher…

From October to May, the Downtown Tampa Partnership's "Do the Local Motion!" program holds theme walks that take people around the heart of the city.…

Several hundred people gathered Tuesday to celebrate the construction of Florida Polytechnic University's signature building, designed by famed architect…

The Pasco County school board has asked Superintendent Kurt Browning to come up with alternatives to cutting media specialists and literacy coaches to…

State Sen. Joe Negron, author of a plan to cover more than 1 million Floridians with private health insurance, offered an amendment on Wednesday intended…

The University of South Florida can finally compete with the state’s other large public universities that have law schools (University of Florida and the…

The suspicious package that prompted the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office to shut down Terminal 3 at the Port of Tampa turned out to be nothing more…

Saturday, April 20, marks the third anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion. The accident killed 11 workers and released nearly 5 million…

"We got him" Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino announced tonight as police and overjoyed Watertown residents cheered when it was announced the lone surviving…

As state budget negotiations continue, members of the Florida Senate have changed their minds about cutting $22.4 million in operating funds for Florida…

Instead of going to the experts to define autism we asked people who had been diagnosed with neurological disorder to explain it.“Autism is like being on…

The Tampa Bay area is the state's epicenter for the craft brew scene -- but neighboring Lakeland is not being left out of the scene. The city has plans…

Here's some cool time-lapse photography that shows the transformation underway at the Tampa Bay Times Forum as we prepare for the RNC.It begins with the…

If Congress fails to pass a revised budget, automatic, across-the-board budget cuts will take effect January 1st. Three Republican senators held a “town…

It's hard to believe, but it was only about 100 years ago that we stopped walking everywhere and started using other means of transportation.Now, you may…