One of the questions central to next year's vote on an additional sales tax for transit and roads in Hillsborough County is what happens if the tax is rejected. What's plan B? ...more

November 21, 2009

Florida's unemployment rate increased slightly to 11.2 percent in October, while the Tampa Bay area's rate decreased slightly to 11.7 percent, according to figures released Friday. ...more

November 21, 2009

While other student musicians were in full swing in the band room at Stewart Middle School, 14-year-old Benjamin Pittman sat tucked away in the band director's office, staring at a computer screen and caught up in a musical world of his own. ...more

November 21, 2009

In a time of slashed budgets, declining revenue, staff reductions and dismal donations, here's some good news: ...more

November 21, 2009

The parent company of the St. Petersburg Times is selling the last of the company's Washington-based publications. ...more

November 21, 2009

Like unstoppable zombies, some retail stores keep crawling their way back from the dead to ask, "How can I help you today?" ...more

November 20, 2009

More households across the country last year lacked enough money for food than any year since the federal government began tracking statistics in 1995. In 2008, 17 million, or nearly 15 percent of the nation's roughly 118 million households could not afford adequate food, a report by the U.S. Department of Agriculture said. ...more

November 17, 2009

National League Rookie of the Year Chris Coghlan had spent most of his career as an infielder. ...more

November 17, 2009

Friday night, with the Ole Miss Rebels in their final hours of preparation before facing Tennessee, Coach Houston Nutt sought an extra surge of motivation. He summoned senior running back Dexter McCluster (Largo) to address the team. And McCluster delivered. ...more

November 16, 2009

The wheels are turning for a bicycle club that rolls among the street grids and tree-canopied byways of Seminole Heights. ...more

November 16, 2009