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TAMPA, Fla. - Tampa gym owner Eddy Midyett has gone missing and his family is asking for help finding him.

This summer, visitors to the Museum of Science and Industry in beautiful Tampa, FL can enjoy not only the fabulous summertime weather, but can also gaze into the bellies of some of the most terrifying sea creatures to ever inhabit the Earth! Sea Monsters Revealed is adding a pregnant silky shark to the exhibition, and it is scheduled to arrive from ... (more)

Regaining consciousness, Meghan Wilson found herself sliding across the ice on her stomach and feeling a buzzing pins-and-needles feeling, shoulders down, similar to a funny bone being bumped.

Despite the passing years, he had no trouble recalling what it was like to be a preteen so that he could provide just the right voice of Sanjay in the new Nickelodeon animated series "Sanjay and Craig." The new animated series, from the people behind the FOX animated series "Bob's Burgers," follows the exploits of the young boy and his best friend, ... (more)

Watson has a rating of 74 and is ranked in the Top 100 outside linebackers across the nation.

Former Cub Scouts den leader Jennifer Tyrrell, who was ousted from Scouting because she is openly gay, wears a button on her uniform shirt that reads "We Support All Boy Scouts." Sam Bryant earned the rank of Eagle Scout 21/2 years ago, piling up merit badges, holding leadership positions in Tampa Palms Troop 180 and, for his big project, putting ... (more)

After awhile, Michael Haddock broke down and called an exterminator. That's when he learned, inside the floor of his newly-rented south Tampa home, there are termites.

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.