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Tampa, Florida - Tampa police were contacted about a suspicious package in the parking lot of Hillsborough Community College, Dale Mabry campus around 10:30 a.m. Full Story »

WASHINGTON (AP) — An airline industry trade group predicts that passenger traffic over the Thanksgiving holiday will drop 4 percent from last year. The Air Transport Association made the forecast yesterday despite deep discounting by airlines over the past several months. Full Story »

SAO PAULO (AP) — The Brazilian university that expelled a woman after she wore a short, pink dress to class backed down Monday and reinstated her after a flood of negative reactions throughout a nation where skimpy attire is common. Full Story »

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Those girls can play rough! League officials in Rhode Island are investigating a fight between members of two girls' high school soccer teams who threw punches, pulled hair and sparked a brawl in the bleachers. Full Story »

A small passenger truck crashed into the saltwater fish exhibit at Tampa International Airport's blue arrival area on Monday night. The dirver had an unrestrained child in her lap and lost control of her vehicle. Full Story »

HACKETTSTOWN, N.J. (AP) — Those green M&Ms really are getting greener. A New Jersey candy factory that produces M&M's flipped the switch Monday on a new solar array that provides clean energy. Full Story »

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- John Allen Muhammad, the mastermind of the 2002 sniper attacks that terrorized the suburbs of the nation's capital, is scheduled to die by lethal injection Tuesday evening at a state prison near Jarratt, Virginia. Full Story »

WILDWOOD, Fla. (AP) ? Authorities say they have located a 9-year-old girl who was the subject of a missing child alert early Monday morning. According to a news release from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement in Tallahassee, the missing child case involving Nakhya Butler has been resolved. Full Story »

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Former astronaut Lisa Nowak will consider the possibility of a plea deal during a courtroom appearance in Orlando. Discussion during a pretrial hearing Tuesday will focus on whether Nowak accepts or rejects a plea offer from prosecutors. Full Story »

UNDATED (AP) -- "Sesame Street" is turning 40. The children's show, which first premiered on Nov. 10, 1969, will mark the anniversary by airing an episode featuring first lady Michelle Obama for the season's opener. Full Story »

NEW YORK (AP) — Former Miss California USA Carrie Prejean calls a sex tape she made for an ex-boyfriend several years ago "the biggest mistake of my life." Full Story »

WASHINGTON (AP) — After a slow start, the Obama administration's mortgage relief program has reached one in five eligible homeowners, a government report says. Full Story »

Pinellas Co., Florida - On Tuesday, Pinellas Co. schools throughout the district will try to teach students tolerance and understanding by "mixing up" their daily routines. Full Story »

Soaking rains from Tropical Storm Ida continue to develop and move across the Atlanta metro region this morning. In addition to the rain, low cloudiness below 1,000 feet on average will create additional obstacles for inbound and outbound air traffic. Full Story »

J. Earle Bowden Way and the Fort Pickens road are closed this morning, with sand and water covering parts of both. Officials are surveying the roads to ascertain the extent of damage. Full Story »

Per a 10:00 a.m. advisory from the National Hurricane Center, Ida is now a depression. The storm lost its tropical characteristics as it transitioned into a cold core area of low pressure. Full Story »

(CNN) — A gunman was holding a school principal hostage Tuesday at a school in Pine Plains, New York, about 90 miles north of New York City, police and the town supervisor told CNN. Full Story »

Treasure Island, Florida -- Waves stirred by Tropical Storm Ida continued to pull sand away from some Pinellas County beaches, hours after the storm left the Gulf and moved onshore in the Panhandle. Full Story »

Coral Springs, Florida - A Jewish community center in South Florida is cleaning up after discovering swastikas spray-painted on the facility's walls this week. Full Story »

Most of the day will be characterized by a good deal of cloudiness with some sun possible on occasion. Chances for a few fast moving sprinkles or a shower will run around 30% through midday. Full Story »

St. Pete Beach, Florida - Known as the sunshine state, visitors to Florida surprisingly had few complaints Monday as Tropical Storm Ida passed nearby leaving the area covered in a blanket of clouds and drizzling rain. Full Story »

Tampa, Florida - Tasha Johnson and Markeith's fairy tale themed wedding featured a horse and carriage. The ceremony was held Sunday at an oceanside gazebo at The Rusty Pelican restaurant located at 2425 Rocky Point Drive in the Rocky Point district of Tampa. Full Story »

Clearwater, Florida -- Roads from the beach to Countryside and East Lake will have temporary closures Saturday to accommodate the bicycling and running portions of the Foster Grant Ironman World Championship, the city announced tonight. Full Story »

Pinellas County, Florida - Oftentimes, dads get a bad rap for not paying child support. But each month in Pinellas County alone, about 15 percent of the new child support defendants are women. Full Story »

Milk, eggs, peanuts, nuts including walnuts, almonds, cashews, pistachios, pecan, wheat, soy, fish and shellfish are to blame for 90 percent of all allergic reactions in the United States. Full Story »