The military is reviewing soldiers' complaints that their standard ammunition isn't powerful enough for the type of fighting required in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Army's highest-ranking officer said Thursday. ...more

May 30, 2008

Three gyms from the Bay area will send 20 local gymnasts to compete this weekend at the USA Gymnastics Level 9 Eastern Championships in Kettering, Ohio. Leading the way is LaFleur's Largo, with 10 gymnasts, and right behind them is the squad from the Tampa Bay Turners, which has eight athletes traveling to the top competition in Level 9 gymnastics. ...more

May 10, 2008

What's that crackling noise? It's the voice of the sun. That's right, our neighboring star is making plenty of clatter, and scientists expect it to get louder this year after the start this month of a new solar cycle. The racket is likely to cause disruptions to cell phones and the world's satellite communications and power grids. ...more

January 28, 2008

The Bush administration intends to slash counterterrorism funding for police, firefighters and rescue departments across the country by more than half next year, according to budget documents obtained by The Associated Press. ...more

December 1, 2007

Officials in Shelby County, Tenn., complain they'll have to spend millions to satisfy a federal judge's "arbitrary" desegregation order. It'll mean busing minority students up to an hour away and replacing hundreds of white teachers with black ones, they say. ...more

November 18, 2007

Four years ago, the goal was set to build a one-stop location to assist children who have been physically or sexually abused. ...more

November 3, 2007

Eight local students, accompanied by four chaperons, attended the recent Space Camp for the Blind at the Space Center in Huntsville, Ala. The weeklong camp drew 160 blind or visually impaired students from 26 U.S. states, as well as Israel, Liberia, Ireland and Canada. Activities included learning about the history of space exploration, basic military procedure and drills, robotics and survival skills. Locally, the program was sponsored by the Divison of Blind Services and the Hillsborough school district's Visually Impaired Program. ...more

October 17, 2007

In an age of al-Qaida, sleeper cells and the threat of nuclear terrorism, Huntsville is dusting off its Cold War manual to create the nation's most ambitious fallout-shelter plan, featuring an abandoned mine big enough for 20,000 people to take cover underground. ...more

September 30, 2007