From the beginning, Lowry Park Zoo President Lex Salisbury insisted that his Safari Wild exotic animal park in Lakeland would be a separate, private venture. ...more

August 23, 2008

Revelations about anthrax scientist Bruce Ivins' mental instability have exposed what congressional leaders and security experts call startling gaps in how the federal government safeguards its most dangerous biological materials, even as the number of bioscience laboratories has grown rapidly since the 2001 terror attacks. ...more

August 8, 2008

Government officials asserted Wednesday that a troubled bioweapons scientist acted alone to perpetrate a terrorism scheme that killed five people, a case that centered on a near-perfect match of anthrax spores in his custody and a record of his late-night laboratory work just before the toxic letters were mailed. ...more

August 7, 2008

Consumers trying to buy tickets to the Beijing Olympics in August have been duped by at least two Web sites that charged their credit cards but never mailed the tickets, according to lawsuits filed Tuesday by the U.S. Olympic Committee. ...more

July 27, 2008

At a time of drought, skyrocketing food prices, crippling inflation and intensifying street fighting, many of the aid workers whom millions of Somalis depend on for survival are fleeing their posts or, in some cases, the country. ...more

July 20, 2008

Far too many people are buckling under the strain of trying to run their households as consumer prices rise, home values decline and banks get tougher on letting them use credit to make up the shortfall in their pay. ...more

July 6, 2008

Bush administration officials knew that a Texas oil company with close ties to President Bush was planning to sign an oil deal with the regional Kurdistan government that runs counter to U.S. policy and undercut Iraq's central government, a congressional committee has concluded. ...more

July 3, 2008

Leaders of Sen. John McCain's campaign are looking toward "527s" as their principal means of attacking Sen. Barack Obama because they have been given a green light by McCain. ...more

June 23, 2008

Hillsborough County might have an $87 million budget deficit, but it won't make up the shortfall by reducing or eliminating a popular after-school and summer recreation program, commissioners pledged Thursday. ...more

June 6, 2008

When she began teaching math 30 years ago, Norris Johnson didn't even own a computer. ...more

June 4, 2008