T he U.S. military trucked in supplies and marshaled helicopters and Navy ships as the Philippines struggled with the aftermath of back-to-back storms that have left more than 600 dead. ...more

October 11, 2009

More than a month's worth of rain fell in 12 hours Saturday as Tropical Storm Ketsana slammed the Philippines, killing at least 40 people and stranding thousands on roofs in the capital's worst flooding in more than 42 years. ...more

September 27, 2009

A powerful typhoon toppled houses, flooded villages and forced nearly 1 million people to flee to safety on China's eastern coast before weakening into a tropical storm today. ...more

August 10, 2009

University of Florida quarterback Tim Tebow has another job. The 2007 Heisman Trophy winner was appointed as co-chairman of the Governor's Council on Physical Fitness on Wednesday. He joins an all-star cast of star athletes from the state. ...more

May 6, 2009

By spelling "peninsula" correctly, Heartland Christian School second-grader Jabez Asuncion won a regional Christian school spelling bee. ...more

March 7, 2009

Terry Wallace may be a Christian minister, but he also is a work in progress. "In 2001, I was leaving the ministry," he said. "I'd had it. I'd been here 13 years, and we were going nowhere. These people didn't even like each other. I'd done everything I knew to do. ...more

November 19, 2008

What had earned me his recognition, his admiration, his uncharacteristic gesture of approval? Had I hung up on a telemarketer? Complained to a company about unsatisfactory service? Finally gotten angry and expressed my feelings at the time I felt them? All these would have been unusual for me. ...more

October 22, 2008

TAMPA - One of the 24 finalists on the current season of "American Idol" is a graduate of Zephyrhills High School. ...more

February 14, 2008

Watching the children skip across the church parking lot, singing "Jesus loves me, this I know," it's easy to forget where they come from, said Brandon resident Jo Powell. ...more

December 12, 2007

Eight area churches, including Bayshore Presbyterian, First Presbyterian, Hyde Park Presbyterian and Palma Ceia Presbyterian, are contributing money and muscle to build a house for Bonifacia 'Bonnie' Buenaflor in northeast Tampa. ...more

October 10, 2007