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The Affordable Care Act is already helping patients with pre-existing conditions in Florida.Marlys Lenz Cox, a St. Petersburg woman who has battled breast…

It's called Freedom Park, and for the past several months the West Tampa square has been the home of Occupy Tampa. But a group of local business people…

The economic recovery is still tepid in most parts of the country, and there's a sense of trepidation that signs of improvement might not last. Among the swing states, some are doing comparatively well while others are struggling — but the political picture looks roughly the same in all.

Last night, NPR News released the findings of its first poll for the 2012 general election season. The results: the candidates are in a statistical dead heat. See the reactions in reports from around the web.

An interactive Web quiz purports to show you which presidential candidate's views most line up with yours. It's the creation of two guys who want to encourage more political engagement. The quiz can produce some surprising results.

The Republican National Convention is still a month away, but already big names are rolling into Tampa to talk up the party's presumptive nominee.On…

TAMPA - The USF Bulls Basketball team fell just short of the NCAA's Sweet Sixteen, but a crowd gathered today at the university's Tampa Campus to…

The police chief of Sanford has "temporarily resigned," pending an investigation into his department's handing of the slaying of 17-year-old Trayvon…

Profiles of the teenager killed in a case that has reignited a national debate about race and the man who pulled the trigger reveal a great deal about them both.

A circus atmosphere pervades the space outside of the U.S. Supreme Court today, where justices started hearing a record six hours of testimony as they…

TAMPA - A lot of students go to College - but they end up leaving without that sheepskin up on the wall. Nearly 700,000 people in the Tampa Bay area alone…

Trayvon Martin punched him on the nose and then slammed his head into a sidewalk, Zimmerman told police, according to the Orlando Sentinel.It's the most extensive account so far of the older man's claim of self defense.

The Twitterverse was really rocking with discussion of what's been happening in the U.S. Supreme Court today. It was the final day of oral arguments over…

Florida ranks as a C-minus for its susceptibility to corruption, according to a new study by the Center for Public Integrity, Public Radio International…

More than any single person, Marion Hammer is responsible for Florida's Stand Your Ground law. She’s the powerful lobbyist for the National Rifle…

Mitt Romney's endorsements this week by two important Republicans — a former president and perhaps a not-too-distant-future presidential running mate — are not unexpected. But the reasons former President George H.W. Bush and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio give for backing the front-runner are important.

The unemployment rate for both Tampa Bay and Florida fell to 9.4 percent in February, the lowest level in three years.That's down from 9.6 percent for all…

The state Ethics Commission today sent state Sen. Jim Norman's financial disclosure case to the Florida Senate - where his lawyer said he will argue…

The man who shot and killed the Florida teenager claims self defense. But voice analysis experts doubt it's George Zimmerman's voice heard yelling for help on a 911 recording.

Military service is voluntary in the United States, but it’s a different story for the children born into military families. That’s an estimated 1.8…

Every year, baseball legend Yogi Berra still goes to Tampa to see spring training. And every year, four-time All-Star Ron Guidry is there to drive him around. A new book tells the story of their adventures together.

Is the city of Tampa "unromantic and sullen"?That's what Garance Franke-Ruta, senior editor at The Atlantic, said about Tampa in a blog post.It's the…

Starting today, you can join a friendly competition, get healthy, and be part of an effort to walk 238,857 miles--the distance of Earth to the moon.As…

Hurricane researchers at Colorado State University, lead by William Gray and Philip Klotzbach, predict below-average activity in the Atlantic basin during…

File this one under "Who knew?"Polk County had the highest percentage of foreign homebuyers in the country for the last half of 2011, according to the…