LAND O' LAKES - At the start of the current boys soccer season, Land O' Lakes coach Mark Pearson expected his Gators to make a serious run at the Class 5A state championship. But the season almost seemed to implode in front of Pearson's eyes before the season even began. ...more

January 2, 2008

Regarding "Death Leaves Nation Crumbling" (front page, Dec. 28): "I do not agree with your opinion but I will defend with my life your right to have it." ...more

January 1, 2008

SARASOTA — A telephone scam that targets residents of Sarasota County is playing on the fear of arrest, authorities said. ...more

December 13, 2007

The CIA videotaped its interrogations of two top terror suspects in 2002 and destroyed the tapes three years later out of fear they would leak to the public and compromise the identities of U.S. questioners, the director of the agency told employees Thursday. ...more

December 7, 2007

right past your front yard. You stand alongside the road and plead with them to slow down for fear they will hit a child running into the street after a ball, and what you get back is a fist or finger waved in the air along with the shout for you to mind your own business. ...more

November 26, 2007

A Tampa man struck a woman several times with his open right hand, choked her, chased her with a knife and took her cell phone as she tried to call deputies for help, Hillsborough County deputies say. ...more

November 15, 2007

A 37-year-old man committed sexual battery on a 17-year-old girl Tuesday, Hillsborough County deputies say. ...more

November 14, 2007

A Valrico man fired several paintball rounds at someone on a ladder, putting the target in fear of great bodily harm, Hillsborough County deputies say. ...more

October 29, 2007

After spending the past 12 years as Iowa State's coach, University of South Florida first-year defensive line coach Dan McCarney has gotten maximum effort from USF's first line of defense. ...more

September 25, 2007

For as long as River Ridge junior Jonathan Dedea has had an inkling to swim, he has been drawn to the diving board. ...more

September 24, 2007