Officer Terry Ashe's initial report could have just said that his unmarked cruiser's left bumper was bitten by an alligator. ...more

November 6, 2009

Target Corp. has sold its interest in the struggling Cypress Creek Town Center project. ...more

November 6, 2009

While residents in some Western and Plains states were digging out Friday after an early blast of snow, heavy rain and strong winds that toppled trees, power lines and church steeples lashed parts of the South, leaving one person dead. ...more

October 31, 2009

For a second year, devotees of open-and-pour canned pumpkin mixes may look to their grocery store shelves and see emptiness. ...more

October 26, 2009

Jimmie Johnson finally wasn't flawless at Martinsville. The points leader and winner in five of the past six NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races on the smallest, tightest oval in the series qualified 15th Friday. ...more

October 24, 2009

A rescue attempt is planned for a Florida manatee that has wandered into New Jersey waters. ...more

October 16, 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

The severe thunderstorm warning for central Hillsborough County has been canceled. The storm has weakened but will continue to produce strong, gusty winds, heavy rain and small hail. ...more

July 19, 2009

An area of low pressure will stall over the Southeast today and continue to bring another day of ample thunderstorms, especially north of Pasco County. The storms will begin in the morning closer to the coast and expand inland through the day. Forecasters don't expect storms to wait for the afternoon and say they could show up anytime today. ...more

July 7, 2009

Powerful storms across the Midwest brought heavy rain, strong winds and several apparent tornadoes, damaging homes and businesses, tossing railcars off their tracks and knocking out power to thousands. ...more

June 19, 2009