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Genesis, Hollies, ABBA join Rock Hall of Fame

Mar 16, 2010 4:52 am

English progressive rockers turned 1980s pop stars Genesis and the harmony-driven Hollies were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, joined by ABBA, another act that thrived in a second life.

Cavalia is a performance of unbridled joy

Mar 16, 2010 4:18 am

Cavalia is an unusual fusion of horsemanship and the performing arts. The show consists of a series of tableaux that feature horses prancing or galloping while artists perform acrobatics and aerial fe...

Sony, Michael Jackson estate ink $200 million record deal

Mar 16, 2010 3:20 am

LOS ANGELES (AP) The estate of Michael Jackson has landed the late King of Pop the biggest recording deal in history: a $200 million guaranteed contract with Sony Music Entertainment for 10 projects ...

Stevens considers retiring from Supreme Court

Mar 16, 2010 2:25 am

WASHINGTON (AP) Justice John Paul Stevens, at 89 the Supreme Court's oldest member, says he will decide in the next month or so whether this term will be his last. Stevens tells The New Yorker magazi...

McCain, Palin to campaign together next week

Mar 16, 2010 2:15 am

John McCain and Sarah Palin are scheduled to campaign together in Arizona next week for the first time since they conceded the presidential election in Phoenix in 2008.

Venezuela signs oil deal with Belarus

Mar 16, 2010 1:41 am

Venezuela plans to sell 80,000 barrels of heavy crude a day to Belarus under agreements aimed at strengthening commercial and energy cooperation between the two countries, President Hugo Chavez said t...

Erin Andrews rebukes stalker after his sentencing

Mar 16, 2010 1:24 am

LOS ANGELES (AP) An Illinois insurance executive who secretly shot nude videos of ESPN reporter Erin Andrews was sentenced Monday to 2 1/2 years in prison after giving a tearful apology that was har...

Woman didn't think polite robber was a threat

Mar 16, 2010 1:18 am

The man approached her quietly and politely today, asking for money as she withdrew $80 from the Bank of America automatic teller machine on Lake Carroll Way. Thinking he was drunk, Jayne Alford told...

Beware of fake Census workers, officials say

Mar 16, 2010 12:31 am

U.S. Census Bureau forms are arriving in Bay area mailboxes this week. It's part of the government's once-a-decade head count. Census officials are encouraging residents to take 10 minutes to fill o...

Senate's financial overhaul would grant new powers

Mar 16, 2010 12:07 am

A new Democratic Senate bill to tame the financial markets would give the government new powers to break up firms that threaten the economy, force the industry to pay for its failures and create an in...

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SLIDESHOW: Fire breaks out at Pasco RV store

Mar 16, 2010 3:11 am

A fire broke out at Harberson RV on U.S. 19 in Holiday Monday night.

Fire breaks out at Pasco RV store

Mar 16, 2010 2:41 am

Multiple agencies responded to the scene.

SeaWorld trainer video won't be released

Mar 16, 2010 12:42 am

A judge granted a temporary injunction to keep the video of the attack of a SeaWorld Orlando trainer from becoming public.

Battle over the budget in Pinellas County

Mar 16, 2010 12:41 am

Pinellas County has to cut $60 million.

New report drills hole in Florida oil drilling debate

Mar 15, 2010 10:57 pm

A new report finds drilling for oil off the Florida coast may not be nearly as profitable as the oil industry says.

Two construction workers shocked in Hillsborough Co.

Mar 15, 2010 10:12 pm

One worker is in critical condition.

Blog: Looking into summer and hurricane season

Mar 15, 2010 9:56 pm

Our weather has been tightly controlled by El Nino in the Pacific since late last year. What will happen next? Klystron 9 Weather gallery Hurricane resources Marine forecast

Police: 'Very polite' man robs two women in Tampa

Mar 15, 2010 9:42 pm

One of the victim's said the suspect called her ma'am and that she wasn't too afraid because the robber was so nice. Watch the story

Ducks to no longer run amuck in Dunedin

Mar 15, 2010 8:12 pm

Duck tales in Dunedin

School for Polk County dropouts could close

Mar 15, 2010 8:11 pm

The Polk County School Board will decide on Tuesday if the Life Skills Center East should close.