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Reds prospect Hamilton steals record 146th base
Cincinnati Reds minor leaguer Billy Hamilton bolted to his record 146th stolen base of the season and kept running Tuesday night, swiping four in the ...
GOP platform draft at odds with Romney on abortion
A GOP committee outlined a party platform Tuesday with positions on key social and entitlement issues far more strict than the presidential candidate ...
Biden: Wall St. reform critics 'squealing pigs'
Vice President Joe Biden, who will be in Florida as Republicans gather to nominate their presidential ticket, on Tuesday compared GOP critics of the ...
Jaguars to play 4 home games in London
The Jacksonville Jaguars are going to be England's team. The NFL and the Jaguars announced Tuesday that the small-market franchise will play one home ...
Storms, stings push Nyad to end Cuba-to-Fla. swim
Diana Nyad ended her fourth attempt to swim across the Straits of Florida on Tuesday, her decades-old dream thwarted, more than anything else, by ...
Paul adds delegates in Louisiana compromise
Rep. Ron Paul picked up more delegates to the Republican National Convention Tuesday after his supporters reached a compromise over disputed delegates ...
Biden to be in Tampa as GOP convention opens
Vice President Joe Biden is planning to be in Tampa, Fla., next week as Republicans open their presidential nominating convention in the city.
Diana Nyad ends Cuba-to-Fla. swim bid on 4th day
Diana Nyad ended her fourth attempt in nearly 35 years to swim across the Straits of Florida on Tuesday, her dream of setting a record thwarted by ...
GOP delegates want tough talk at convention
Republicans heading to their party convention are eager to hear an earful about the shortcomings of President Barack Obama's record, the woeful U.S.
Cuba-to-Fla. swimmer Nyad plows on after storm
Diana Nyad slogged across the Straits of Florida for a fourth straight day early Tuesday, hopeful she could fend off hypothermia, jellyfish and stormy ...
Astronauts go spacewalking to hang station shields
Spacewalking astronauts improved the safety of their orbiting home Monday by installing shields to protect against zooming pieces of junk.
Tampa strip-club king: RNC not great for business
More than sunshine, cigars or the rollercoasters at Busch Gardens, Tampa is known for its naked ladies. Tampa and strip clubs are often mentioned ...
Parties not expected to get bold in platforms
Don't look for many bold pronouncements when Republicans and Democrats adopt party platforms at their national conventions. Platforms are supposed to ...
Swimmer Nyad steady in Cuba-Fla. record attempt
Endurance athlete Diana Nyad forged ahead in the Straits of Florida with renewed vigor Sunday in pursuit of a record 103-mile (166-kilometer), ...
Hurricane Gordon heads toward eastern Azores
Hurricane Gordon sped across the Atlantic early Sunday toward the eastern Azores islands, where a hurricane warning is in effect, U.S. forecasters in ...
Don't expect parties to get bold in platforms
Don't look for many bold pronouncements when Republicans and Democrats adopt party platforms at their national conventions. Platforms are supposed to ...
Nyad back in water in Cuba-Florida record swim try
Will she finally do it? Endurance athlete Diana Nyad launched another bid Saturday to set an open-water record by swimming 103 miles (166 kilometers) ...
Medicare in focus as Obama, Ryan trade charges
Who loves Medicare more? President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney's running mate vied for that distinction Saturday as Medicare became the latest ...
Florida highway offers clues to presidential race
Beyond the theme park billboards that promise worlds of fantasy and adventure there is reality along this road that ripples across the state, small ...
Convention host cities gear up for traffic
During this summer's national political conventions, workers in downtown Tampa and Charlotte will face throngs of pedestrians snaking through ...
Patriots sign Olympic medalist Demps
The New England Patriots have agreed to terms with Olympic silver medalist Jeff Demps, who played running back at Florida but was not drafted by an ...
Romney and Obama now fight for edge on Medicare
The jobs-and-economy election suddenly seems all about Medicare — for now, at least. Republican Mitt Romney is embracing a topic his party usually ...
Wade says LeBron made Olympics seem 'effortless'
All LeBron James has done so far this year is win the NBA's MVP award for the third time, an NBA Finals MVP trophy to go along with that one, his ...
German grandmother facing possible death sentence
Attorneys for an elderly German woman accused of drowning her 5-year-old grandson in the bathtub of a Florida beach house say she suffered from ...
Big-name no-shows for the GOP, Dem conventions
Sarah Palin and George W. Bush won't be in Tampa, Fla. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Al Gore won't make the trip to Charlotte, N.C. And scores of other ...