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America's Cup yachts can gracefully skim above water at better than 40 mph, but Frank Deford says when he looks back at the seven seas in 2013 he'll remember 64-year-old Nyad "plowing, all by herself, freestyle, through 100 miles of surf from Havana to Key West."

We caught up with House Speaker Will Weatherford at yesterday’s meeting of the Suncoast Tiger Bay civic club.Weatherford, a Wesley Chapel Republican, took…

Florida Gov. Rick Scott is making the rounds on a tax cut tour to drum up support for his plans to cut taxes and fees in his next proposed budget by $500…

Even though Florida is known for its sunshine, we have the third-worst carbon* pollution of any state, at least according to one report.A citizen advocacy…

Earlier this week, an outreach worker from Moffitt Cancer Center was invited to speak at the White House. The Obama Administration was so impressed with…

Police say the Florida pastor was carrying almost 3,000 kerosene-soaked Qurans. He was arrested for illegally transporting fuel and illegally carrying a firearm.

Carnival Cruise Lines, which is trying to get consumers' trust back after a series of mishaps, has announced a money-back guarantee.USA Today reports the…

Pinellas County officials say the state Department of Health has agreed that Affordable Care Act enrollment advisors can operate within the same buildings…

Imagine fighting in World War II, surviving four years as a Prisoner of War at camps in Japan and China only to have the U.S. Military lose your…

The three 19-year-olds are accused of misleading police or destroying evidence to help Dzhokhar Tsarnaev evade capture.

The last time lawmakers all gathered in Tallahassee, the opposition to Florida's new math and English standards was just getting started.But opponents of…

The Florida Department of Education wants to spend an additional $126.77 per student and $40 million on school technology, according to the agency’s…

Located on the banks of the Anacostia River and near the Washington Nationals ballpark in southeast D.C., it is the U.S. Navy's oldest shore facility. Today, it employs thousands of people and is home to the command that oversees ship construction, as well as the Judge Advocate General's Corps.

Two State Board of Education members criticized Gov. Rick Scott's leadership on education issues Tuesday, highlighting a rift between Scott and former…

Pam Stewart twice stepped in to replace departing Florida education commissioners. Today she got the job long-term.The State Board of Education…

The state fought hard against Obama's Affordable Care Act. Now Gov. Rick Scott's administration is questioning the use of federally funded navigators to enroll residents in health care exchanges.

As the United States debated using force in Syria following its alleged use of chemical weapons in August, many members of Congress criticized President…

In a statement she read to the news media at midday Wednesday, Cathleen Alexis says she does not know why her son killed 12 people on Monday at the Washington Navy Yard. Meanwhile, more is coming out about Aaron Alexis's actions in the days leading up to the attack.

HealthPlan Services is bringing 1,000 new jobs to Florida, in part because the company says it will pick up a lot of new customers from the Affordable…

A Sarasota judge ordered the Boy Scouts of America to produce records this week documenting Scout-on-Scout sexual abuse from the last decade.

Keep Tampa Bay Beautiful is holding its 26th Annual Hillsborough River & Coastal Cleanup Saturday, as are other organizations across the Tampa Bay area,…

The alert for a supposedly armed man on the USF Tampa campus is over. Here's our updates in chronological order:ORIGINAL POST AT 2:45 P.M.University of…

Alex Sink, the former state Chief Financial Officer who was defeated by Rick Scott during the last election for Florida governor, announced today she is…

Ernest Hemingway's son turned down an offer from the publication that dismissed his father's work in 1924. Patrick Hemingway calls today's Vanity Fair a "luxury thinker's magazine," so he went to Harper's instead. NPR's Scott Simon suspects Hemingway himself would have sold the story to the highest bidder.

Florida prides itself as a military-friendly state. So when MacDill Air Force Base officials voiced concern about the poor academics and safety at the…