Several Tampa Bay favorites ranked among Florida's best beaches in USA Today's 10Best Awards.
The highest of all was Clearwater Beach, which took second place. The list cited its sunsets, dolphin sightings, and "sugary, talc-white strand of sand" as the primary reasons for the honor.
After last year's hurricanes shut it down for a few weeks, Clearwater Beach reopened for visitors and locals alike in October. It seems now that things are back in full swing, including the return of the Sugar Sand Festival last month.
Other familiar spots included Treasure Island Beach at no. 3 and St. Pete Beach at no. 7.
Saudi flight from Tampa, secret FBI probe reveal possible Saudi support network for 9/11 hijackers
Twenty years after the Sept. 11 attacks, more than 80,000 records compiled by the Tampa FBI Field Office remain classified. Newly declassified documents are pointing to a possible secret Saudi support network for the hijackers. Soon after the attacks, the FBI uncovered that 15 of the 19 hijackers were from Saudi Arabia.
