Two men were in critical condition Monday night after a shooting in north Tampa. ...more

August 31, 2009

Operators at Progress Energy's nuclear power plant in Crystal River shut the reactor down on Monday when some control rods dropped into the core, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said. There were no safety problems, radiation release or damage to the plant from the shut-down, said NRC spokesman Roger Hannah. ...more

August 26, 2009

A Silver Alert was issued for Ann T. Giles, 82, after she left a relative's home in Gibsonton and headed for her home at The Villages, near Ocala, on Wednesday morning. ...more

August 21, 2009

A military helicopter crashed Wednesday near the peak of Colorado's second-highest mountain, killing two people, injuring one and leaving the other person aboard missing, authorities said. ...more

August 19, 2009

A body found in July by Pasco County detectives near a camp for the homeless is that of a 46-year-old homeless woman, the sheriff's office said. ...more

August 19, 2009

A Riverview man is wanted on second-degree murder charges in the slayings of his mother and teenage sister, found dead this morning inside the apartment the three shared, the sheriff's office said. ...more

August 17, 2009

The body found by Pasco County detectives near a homeless camp last month is that of a 46-year-old homeless woman, sheriff's officials said today. ...more

August 17, 2009

Mexico has replaced all 700 of its customs inspectors with agents newly trained to detect contraband, from guns and drugs to TVs and other big-ticket appliances smuggled to avoid import duties. ...more

August 17, 2009

When comic book store owner Dave Luebke heard that after 67 years, the carrot-topped everyman of the comic world, Archie, was proposing to va-va-voomy rich girl Veronica instead of girl-next-door Betty, he decided to protest by selling his copy of the series' rare first issue. ...more

August 15, 2009

President Barack Obama's aunt says he was born in Hawaii and she can't understand claims that he's not a natural-born American citizen. ...more

August 14, 2009