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As Mayor Bill Foster works to close a $4 million budget gap this year and find money for employee raises next year, a generous police perk the mayor approved after taking office is coming under scrutiny.

Tampa- If you think Tampa can't compete with Miami in the electronic music arena, think again.

Stock prices for most of the largest publicly traded companies in the Tampa area gained ground in advance of the Memorial Day weekend.

A man has been charged for the death of a 2-year-old boy, almost exactly one year after the crime allegedly occurred.

Dying slowly is a messy, painful and sad process. And we see those things in "Faded Elegance: Photographs of Havana by Michael Eastman" at the Tampa Museum of Art, which shows us the Cuban capital's magnificent old buildings in horrific decline.

After 12 seasons of countless auditions, performances and lots of drama involving the judges themselves, American Idol judge Randy Jackson is leaving the show, saying his long stint had run its course.

Terry McAuliffe, a Democratic operative embroiled in a tight race to become Virginia's next governor, knows a thing or two about conservatives like his Republican opponent, Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli.

Shareholders of a Tampa insurance company agreed to change the firm's name to HCI Group Inc.

The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office was affecting a foreclosure eviction at a home off Annette Avenue in Tampa when they discovered Hopkins living in the property that wasn't his.

Kelly King, Steinbrenner High's assistant principal for curriculum, has been named to fill a vacancy created by the promotion of the schools' first and only principal, Brenda Grasso.

Their prediction Thursday calls for 13 to 20 named Atlantic storms, seven to 11 that strengthen into hurricanes and three to six that become major hurricanes.

At 2 p.m. EST on Saturday, major rallies are planned in more than 400 cities around the world, with people protesting biotechnology giant Monsanto - one of the least popular major corporations around the world.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]

Patrons of the Jimmie B. Keel Regional Library are going to have to wait another day at least before the doors reopen for regular business.

WHAT: Busch Gardens has a new stage show. " Madagascar Live! Operation: Vacation" features characters from the "Madagascar" movies, plus singers, dancers and a live band in the Tampa theme parks' newly renovated Stanleyville Theater .

If a first-year music festival draws 8,000 people to an NFL stadium in the sweltering heat of late May in Tampa, how on earth does it grow? At that point, is there really any room to get bigger? The organizers of Saturday's Sunset Music Festival believe so.

TAMPA, Fla. - Sleep experts estimate one in three people will suffer from insomnia at some point in their life.

Bay area veterinarians and vet technicians are training to do zeutering. The vets are being certified at the Humane Society of Tampa Bay's animal health center in Tampa.

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon, head of the largest bank in the United States, is seen in this June 13, 2012 photo.

Traffic congestion in Tampa is among the worst in the nation. That's one reason why former Hillsborough County Commissioner Ed Turanchik is pushing for expanded transit using high speed ferries.

A fire started early this morning in building 2 that has left 8 families without homes.