Senators Begin Questioning Alito
WASHINGTON - Judge Samuel A. Alito Jr. promised a panel of senators yesterday that he would dispense justice to the rich and poor equally and without ideological bias if confirmed to become the 110th Supreme Court justice. A judge can't have any agenda, a judge can't have any preferred outcome in any particular case, and a judge certainly doesn't have a client," Judge Alito said.
Dow hits 11,000 in strong rally
WALL STREET - The Dow Jones Industrial Average yesterday punctuated a strong new-year rally with its first close above 11,000 in more than 4-1/2 years.
Sharon Responds to Pain Stimulation
JERUSALEM - Ariel Sharon took a small step toward recovery from a stroke, slightly moving an arm and leg in response to pain stimulation, but doctors said it would be days before they could assess damage to his brain, critical to determining the country's political future.
Iran Resumes Work at Nuclear Facilities
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran removed seals on its nuclear facilities Tuesday, allowing work to resume despite warnings from the United States and other countries concerned about its nuclear ambitions.
Iraqi Police Seek Kidnapped U.S. Reporter
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraqi police were searching Monday for an American journalist who was kidnapped over the weekend when gunmen ambushed her car and killed her translator in western Baghdad.
Korean University Says Cloning Claim Faked
SEOUL, South Korea - An academic panel investigating the work of South Korean researcher Hwang Woo-suk found that he faked his landmark claim to have cloned human embryonic stem cells — capping the spectacular fall of a man once lauded as a pioneer in the field.
Last Funerals for Mine Victims Planned
TALLMANSVILLE, W.Va. - Investigations were called into both the Sago Mine disaster and overall national mining safety as the state prepared to say farewell to the last two victims of West Virginia's worst coal-mining accident in more than 35 years.
S.F. Police Defuse Explosive at Starbucks
SAN FRANCISCO - About 100 people were evacuated from a busy, four-block area after an employee found a homemade bomb in the bathroom of a Starbucks. No one was injured.
Alcoa Profit Slumps 16 Percent in 4Q
PITTSBURGH - Energy costs and impaired refinery activity from Gulf Coast hurricanes trimmed Alcoa Inc.'s quarterly income by 16 percent and caused the aluminum giant to miss analyst forecasts, despite robust product prices.
Iraq Celebrates Four-Day Festival of Eid
BAGHDAD, Iraq - A Sunni Arab politician giving a holiday sermon Tuesday denounced a suicide bomb attack on a Shiite mosque last week that killed more than 60 people but said "Iraqis would live as brothers" if the occupier — the U.S. led coalition — left Iraq.
Report: N. Korean Leader Visiting China
SEOUL, South Korea - North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has traveled to China on a rare trip outside his country, a South Korean military intelligence official said Tuesday.
Army Begins Action to Discharge Reservists
WASHINGTON - The Army took initial steps Monday to expel dozens of reservists who failed to report for active duty, in effect warning hundreds of others that they too could be penalized if they don't heed orders to return to active service.
Doctors: OTC Cough Syrups Not Effective
CHICAGO - Despite the billions of dollars spent every year in this country on over-the-counter cough syrups, most such medicines do little if anything to relieve coughs, the nation's chest physicians say.
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Strawberry farmer fatally shot when he answers knock on door
St. Petersburg Times
PLANT CITY - Bruce and Frances White were still sleeping early Monday when they heard a knock at the front door of their farm home, tucked behind more than 70 acres of strawberries in rural southern Hillsborough. Bruce White, 61, went to see who it was. The clock had not yet struck 6 a.m. Suddenly, gunshots broke the quiet.
Teacher, Wife Face Spying Charges
Lakeland Ledger
MIAMI -- A college psychology professor and his wife, a social work program coordinator at the same university, appeared in federal court Monday on charges that for decades they used their academic positions as cover to spy as illegal agents of the communist Cuban government run by Fidel Castro.
Deputies: 11-year-old among those in Ruskin SWAT standoff
WFTS
RUSKIN - A botched robbery turned into a SWAT standoff in eastern Hillsborough County Monday afternoon, but what startled officials most was the ages of those involved.
Tampa-Hillsborough Expressway wants to explore building East-West toll road
WTSP
NEW TAMPA - Bruce B. Downs Boulevard is congested at noon, but it’s really slow for commuters in the morning and afternoon.
Rescuers find body in burning house
Bradenton Herald
SARASOTA - An early morning house fire claimed a north Sarasota home and may be responsible for the death of an elderly woman.
FBI, State Join Search For Killers Of Gainesville Campers
Local 6
GAINESVILLE - The FBI and Florida Department of Law Enforcement have joined the sheriff's offices from Marion and Alachua counties in trying to find who killed John Parker and Amber Peck, two Sante Fe College students shot to death at their camp site in the Ocala National Forest.
St. Petersburg man sentenced to death for killing Tampa couple
Bradenton Herald
TAMPA, Fla. - Relatives of victims Richard and Karla Van Dusen hugged in the courtroom after state Circuit Judge J. Rogers Padgett imposed the death penalty on 53-year-old William Deparvine.
Reward for information in missing woman case
Bay News 9
The family of a missing Temple Terrace woman is now offering a $50,000 reward for information that leads to finding her. Sandra Prince, 59, was reported missing Jan. 3 and was last seen by a coworker at ACTS on Dec. 30.
15 Cubans Who Got to Fla. Bridge Sent Home
Yahoo! News / AP
MIAMI - Cuban-American community activists and politicians lambasted the U.S. government's decision to repatriate 15 Cubans picked up from the base of an abandoned bridge in the Florida Keys.
Ocean Jewel up for auction
Bay News 9
The Ocean Jewel was supposed to bring thousands of people to downtown St. Petersburg every week. But mechanical problems and overwhelming debt forced owners to shut down.
Tampa News Staff Arrested In Separate Incidents
North Country Gazzette
TAMPA - Some staff members of the news team Tampa Tribune and News Channel 8 WFLA-TV were busy making the news Sunday instead of reporting it.
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Tampa native and former St. Pete Times employee killed in D.C. mugging
Bay News 9
Woman to face trial in fatal beating of teen
St. Petersburg Times
Tampa man fatally shot by tow truck driver
St. Petersburg Times
UF experts try to reverse state's declining quail population
Bradenton Herald / AP
Family of teenage murder victim celebrates arrest
WTSP
Stolen bronze statue returned to Columbia
WTSP
Cincinnati Reds infielder arrested in Tampa
St. Petersburg Times
Bald eagles in the Keys return to nests destroyed by hurricanes
Gainesville Sun
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