The Florida Sportsman Fishing and Boating Show comes to the Florida State Fairgrounds on Sept. 27-28, with new fishing seminars by some of Florida's top anglers. The show includes hands-on, how-to tables, where experts will offer advice on everything from knot-tying to working a lure to rigging an offshore bait. ...more

September 19, 2008

A murder defendant found not guilty by reason of insanity was denied admission to a Pinellas County mental health treatment facility. ...more

September 18, 2008

Nearly four months after China's devastating earthquake, a government scientist acknowledged Thursday that a rush to build schools in recent years likely led to construction flaws that caused so many of them to collapse. ...more

September 5, 2008

A Georgia school district lost its accreditation Thursday, an unusual move blamed in part on what has been called a "dysfunctional" school board. ...more

August 29, 2008

An Army reservist will be reinstated in her former job and paid $2,500 under a lawsuit settlement reached Thursday between the U.S. Department of Justice and Hillsborough County Circuit Court Clerk Pat Frank's office. ...more

August 22, 2008

President Hamid Karzai said Tuesday he will seek re-election next year in hopes of finishing a job he said he has not yet completed. ...more

August 20, 2008

Jazz with Jim, an informal jazz concert, will be offered from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Saturday at Carrollwood Cultural Center. ...more

August 6, 2008

Jazz with Jim, an informal jazz concert, will be offered from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Saturday at Carrollwood Cultural Center. ...more

August 6, 2008

BackStage Pass will be at the Watering Hole, 6813 U.S. 27 S., in Sebring today and Aug. 2 from 9:30 p.m. to 1:45 a.m. ...more

August 1, 2008

Bucs coach Jon Gruden didn't do much to quell the ever-growing belief that his team is out to work a deal for retired Packers quarterback Brett Favre. ...more

July 26, 2008