The Department of Veterans Affairs says a fifth patient has tested positive for HIV and another seven have tested positive for hepatitis after being exposed to contaminated medical equipment at three VA hospitals. ...more

May 1, 2009

Sailors and Marines from the United States and 11 other countries have stormed north Florida beaches, learned to board ships or repel boarders, learned to find submarines and hide from them as training continues off the Atlantic coast. ...more

May 1, 2009

Sarasota's Eric Williams turned in a near-perfect pitching performance to end Jesuit's bid for a perfect season. ...more

April 23, 2009

President Obama ordered the detention facility at Guantanamo closed within a year. Prior to the announcement a terrorist known as Said Ali al-Shihri who was released after spending six years inside the U.S. prison camp and is now the number 2 of Yemen's al-Qaeda branch according to a purported internet terror network statement. Although al-Shiri was released in Nov. 2007 and transferred to his homeland, he ended up in Yemen and is now reported to be working for al-Qaeda again. ...more

February 15, 2009

The Durant Cougars, looking to make the state girls basketball playoffs for the first time since 2004, were the No. 3 seed for the District 6A-8 tournament at Plant City High. ...more

February 4, 2009

TAMPA -- About 40 U.S. Marines, wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan, are expected to arrive at Tampa International Airport this afternoon to take part in a plethora of pre-Super Bowl events and ultimately attend the game itself. The veterans, who make up the Marine Corps' Wounded Warrior Regiment, come from far-flung areas of the country such as Boston, Pittsburgh, Nashville, Chicago and California. ...more

January 30, 2009

A military court has sentenced a second Navy sailor who pleaded guilty to conspiring with a shipmate to beat an Iraqi prisoner. ...more

January 24, 2009

It could be one of the nation's oldest cold-case files: What happened to eight Confederate sailors aboard the H.L. Hunley after it became the first submarine in history to sink an enemy warship? ...more

January 5, 2009

On this day 67 years ago, the warm shallow waters of Pearl Harbor were set ablaze with the oil of sinking ships. ...more

December 7, 2008

Some 25,000 boat enthusiasts and sailors from around the state are expected to attend the annual St. Petersburg Show and Strictly Sail, which runs through the weekend at the Mahaffey Theater Yacht Basin and Albert Whitted Park. There are more than 500 boats on land and sea, promoter Dane Graziano said. Some cost as little as $8,000, trailer included. Others aren't so inexpensive - the priciest is a 75-foot Hatteras luxury yacht that costs more than $4 million, Graziano said. ...more

December 6, 2008