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Editorial boards at the Tampa Bay Times and The Tampa Tribune don't agree on much beyond motherhood and apple pie, with the Times leaning left and Trib...

The independent arbitrator upheld most of a 211-game suspension handed down by Major League Baseball. Alex Rodriguez said he would appeal the decision in a federal court.

"Show me the money!" may have made an Oscar winner out of Cuba Gooding Jr., but one of the biggest messages of the movie Jerry Maguire was about how much…

Four years ago, an earthquake heavily damaged Port-au-Prince and killed more than 200,000 people. Many areas of the Haitian capital now look much like they did before the 7.0-magnitude quake. But nearly 150,000 are still living in temporary structures.

A bipartisan group of lawmakers took the first step Thursday to patch a gaping hole in the 1965 Voting Rights Act. In June, the Supreme Court eviscerated a key part of the law that allowed for federal oversight of states with a history of discrimination at the ballot box.

Former First Lady Barbara Bush tells C-SPAN there have been enough presidents from the Bush family.She added that her son Jeb Bush is the "best qualified"…

We look at some of the pros and cons of changes to U.S. policy on electronic surveillance that the president might endorse.

For the second time this week, a major figure at the University of South Florida announced his intent to retire in 2015.Athletic Director Doug Woolard…

Republicans have had control of the Florida Legislature and governor's office since 1999 and have used their power to restrict abortions, loosen gun...

Today, the state will reveal the top five communities that may get a new, state-run nursing home for veterans.Florida currently operates six veterans’…

The Tampa Bay Lightning's 38-year-old beloved captain, Marty St. Louis, has had his dream fulfilled. He will compete in the 2014 Sochi Olympics as a…

As Congress wrangles over whether to delay huge increases to flood insurance premiums, Pinellas County homeowners are living with the reality of flood…

The CVS drugstore chain's decision to stop selling tobacco products drew praise as an important public health step. But, we wondered, how many people buy cigarettes at drugstores? Not as many as we thought.

In a courtroom in Jacksonville, Fla., on Thursday, prosecutors and the defense laid out different versions of how 47-year-old Michael Dunn, who is white, came to shoot and kill Jordan Davis, a black 17-year-old.

Be advised. This story may seem to have a high nerd potential. But it really does have a lot of significance to news consumers in the digital age.A furor…

A decade long investigation into Florida’s Bright Futures Scholarship Program has been revived. Authorities have requested data on Bright Futures...

Gov. Rick Scott wants state authorities to inspect federal hospitals that serve veterans.Scott sent a letter Tuesday to the secretary of the state's main…

The insurance enrollment period under the federal health care law ended Monday the same way it began six months earlier, as technology troubles prevented…

U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Florida, is asking the governor of Pennsylvania to have state police there work with a team of Florida researchers investigating…

A teenage girl who was injured in a Clearwater plane crash that killed her friend and friend's father has been released from the hospital and returned…

In his re-election bid, Florida GOP Gov. Rick Scott can point to a rallying economy and a big war chest. But his campaign has recently run into trouble with an important group of voters — Hispanics.

It took four hours, six flame-throwers and the lives of two fellow Marines before Cpl. Hershel "Woody" Williams knocked out seven Japanese pillboxes on…

Florida lawmakers have been weighing how to regulate telemedicine—generating debate between doctors’ groups and other healthcare providers. The House...

Saying he's not afraid of the had work that it will take to make the USF men's basketball program successful - and also not afraid to wear his emotions on…

A National Rifle Association-backed measure to allow people without concealed weapons licenses to pocket their guns during emergencies squeaked out of the…