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Some health insurers are angling to appeal to millions of new insurance shoppers by opening retail stores where people can buy a policy, check on an existing claim, maybe even take a class in healthy cooking or yoga.

NPR is constantly hammered for allegedly being liberal, but last week I met with Ralph Nader to hear his complaints. He thinks NPR is not just too conservative, but that what liberals it does have on the air are too middle-of-the road. How can I measure this?

The Florida Orchestra is hosting an extended stay by the National Symphony Orchestra of Cuba. It's part of the Florida Orchestra's multi-year cultural…

Tampa City Council is to decide today on spending around $4 million to equip police with additional safety equipment aimed at controlling crowds at the…

We've just received word that eight children have been injured, none seriously, in a bus crash in Manatee County this morning.This comes less than two…

The USF Board of Trustees is currently holding its first meeting after the Florida Senate approved both a 23 percent cut to the USF budget and the…

Ryan Haczynski was 22, a college drop-out who worked at an auto parts store and smoked. No girlfriend, no future. He was depressed, and he had the body to…

The Florida Board of Governors has just announced that student enrollment in the state's universities is up three percent from last year.But there's are…

Remember earlier this year when we reported on the fiery end to the "Senator", a 3500-year-old cypress tree in Seminole County? It was the centerpiece of…

USF is facing a budget cut of around 20 percent. That could affect everything from summer school to the operation of the new pharmacy college.Senate…

You may have noticed gas prices going up...and up. Some are predicting $5 dollars a gallon by summer, but The AAA Auto Club South doesn't think it will…

It was 40 years ago today when NASA launched Pioneer 10 from Cape Canaveral. The robotic space probe was launched on March 2, 1972 on a mission to study…

The USF men's basketball team is getting ready for Saturday's game against West Virginia--a game that some are calling the Bulls' "biggest home game in 20…

AVON PARK - There are more than just birds and alligators being encountered by the Florida Wildlife Corridor Expedition as they make their way up the…

Cats may not be man's best friend, but they're arguably something even better: man's key to instant Internet pageviews. Perry Stein of The New Republic contemplates that the most compelling explanation for our interest in cats may simply be that we're in awe of them.

Recent news out of Afghanistan has focused mainly on protests and killings linked to the incident when U.S. forces burned some Korans allegedly used to…

It may have been a slow session at the Florida Legislature this year, but that hasn’t stopped drama from breaking out in the state Senate.An attempted…

For a brief time last week, it appeared Hillsborough Correctional Institution (HCI), the women’s faith-and-character based prison set for closure, would…

There’s been a rise of “citizen journalists” whether from the bombed out neighborhoods in Syria to the tornado ravaged mid-west towns in the U.S. And…

There's little dispute among educators that kids aren't reading as well as they should be. Now, a growing number of states are taking a hard-line approach, requiring that third-graders who can't read at grade level be automatically held back. But some worry that will do more harm than good.

Baseball teams are finally doing what airlines have been doing for decades: changing ticket prices in real time, based on demand.

There's been a deadly vehicle pile up on US Highway 27, in Polk County around the Lake Wales area.Police say one person is dead, and several are injured…

Today's ruling by Leon County Circuit Court Judge Jackie Fulford throws a huge wrench into the state budget process that was supposed to be decided this…

A "Magic Kingdom of Medicine" will soon open in Florida--but it's in downtown Tampa, not Orlando.USF Health is preparing for the formal opening of its new…

The Chairman of the Florida House Justice Appropriations subcommittee, Rep. Rich Glorioso, says Senate Budget Chairman JD Alexander personally removed…