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Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are launching a new "simplified" loan modification program. This is good news for some troubled homeowners who have long complained that mortgage companies reject their applications More>>
A wealthy Sarasota retiree was tired of air travel options in Sarasota, so he decided to fix the problem the only way he knew how- he's starting 'Sunrise Airlines.' More>>
Did 78 year old Audrey Mulligan die as a result of her injuries from a sexual assault, or did she die of other health issues? That's at the crux of the murder trial underway in Pinellas County this week. More>>
Two Seffner homes next to a deadly sinkhole are slated for demolition. Work crews and heavy equipment arrived on Faithway Drive early Wednesday morning. More>>
Ireland Nugent and her family were reunited with a room packed with first responders who responded to her lawnmower accident. More>>
Allyssa Marie AtkinsonWinter Haven Police are asking for the public's help in locating 16-year-old Allyssa Marie Atkinson after she went missing on Monday. Police officials say on Monday at approximately 11:44 a.m., Allyssa More>>
An abandoned U-Haul trailer at a Publix parking lot in Spring Hill attracted attention of Pasco County Code Enforcement officials Tuesday because they thought it might be full of cats and dogs. More>>
Big health insurance companies are predicting premium increases in 2014 for small employers and people who buy coverage on their own. More>>
"We will see another round of afternoon showers and storms develop, but the storms should not be quite as strong as we've seen the last two days," said Storm Team 8 Meteorologist Leigh Spann. More>>
Multiple law enforcement agencies participated in arrest of the man Tuesday afternoon in Temple terrace who they said robbed an off-duty Polk County Sheriff's deputy a few days ago. Tampa Police officers More>>
Sarasota County Sheriff's deputies arrested a man in connection with a road rage shooting confrontation late Tuesday afternoon. More>>
A fire that broke early Wednesday morning at Manhattan Palms condominium in North Tampa left eight families on the street and closed North Manhattan Avenue between Sligh and Waters Avenue. More>>
Sandra Testo-Michaud remembers her 2-year-old as "full of energy." "We called her the little monkey she was all over the place," Testo-Michaud said. More>>
The Chicago Health Department's new teen pregnancy prevention campaign is sparking conversation. The new campaign features teenage boys shirtless and pregnant. "The ads are currently displayed on public More>>
In a surprise jailhouse interview just hours after a jury began deliberating her fate, Jodi Arias spoke out Tuesday about her murder trial. More>>
With her son holding her elbow, Colleen Arvin walked up her driveway to what was left of her house for 40 years. It was the 83-year-old grandmother's first time back at her home since a monstrous and More>>
Virgil DeBose is facing trial this week for the rape and murder of an elderly woman in St. Petersburg who police say tried to help him six years ago. More>>
Instead of admiring their beauty from a distance, a woman grabbed one, then rode on its back. More>>
AP PhotoThe Senate Judiciary Committee has approved far-reaching immigration legislation that gives a chance at citizenship to millions living in the country illegally. More>>
Tuesday around 10:00 a.m. a Mack dump truck traveling southbound on I-75 just south of State Road 56 in Wesley Chapel traveled into the direct path of a 2012 Hyundai. More>>
The Tampa Port Authority board members voted unanimously to reject a plan by local investors to purchase Channelside Bay Plaza. More>>
The state admits it dropped the ball, but 51 year old Wes Diebold lost his license over a 2 dollar mistake.Looking for a job is tough enough these days but how much tougher does having a suspended driver's license make things? 51 year old Wes Diebold doesn't know for sure if his suspended license was a roadblock. More>>
Tampa chapter of the American Red Cross is mobilizing volunteers Tuesday to travel to the devasted areas in Oklahoma affected by the deadly tornadoes, according to the organization's Tampa Facebook page. Red More>>
On Tuesday at about 1:50 a.m., officers with the Brooksville Police Department responded to the Brookhaven Apartments after a report of a Disturbance/Shots Fired complaint.
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It's one of the big scandals that's been plaguing President Obama's administration in recent weeks: news that the I-R-S gave special scrutiny to conservative groups, looking for tax- exempt status. More>>
A proposal to split up the roles of chairman of the board and chief executive at the nation's largest bank came up short at a shareholder meeting held in Tampa on Tuesday. More>>
Steven Vaughan (left) poses with a relative in Bill Murray t-shirts, after claiming $1 million POWERBALL prize at Florida Lottery HeadquartersThe Florida Lottery announces that Steven Vaughan, 41, of Seminole, claimed the second $1 million POWERBALL® prize from Saturday night's POWERBALL drawing. The winning numbers from the POWERBALL draw were 10-13-14-22-52, More>>
The Obridge Academy is a virtual school with a virtual Florida headquarters and a virtual track record of performance. More>>
An employee embezzled more than $56,000 in a course of 13 months from a local company which handles workers compensation claims, according to the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office report. More>>
The University of South Florida is now being credited with starting a revolution in health care. More>>
A teenager in Tampa used his mother's work computer to get 22 fraudulent credit cards, Hillsborough County Sheriff deputies told us. More>>
Cork Elementary School guidance counselor kissed a cow Tuesday morning as a reward to his students. They won the first place in a food drive for schools in Plant City area. More>>
The dogs rescued during an arrest in the animal cruelty case in Polk County can go home with you today. More>>
© Aaron Alvarez / Wesley ChapelSevere thunderstorms are moving through the Tampa Bay area with a line impacting south Pasco and northern Hillsborough counties. More>>
Authorities are investigating after two people were found dead in the woods in southwest Florida. More>>
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