Clem Brooks looks perfect in his uniform, and perfectly happy in it. The black-and-white striped shirt. The white pants. The shiny black shoes and belt. ...more

September 26, 2008

Assigning Responsibility Regarding Kris DiGiovanni's column "Strolling With Allie" (Commentary, Sept. 14): ...more

September 21, 2008

MANATEE COUNTY - A 74-year-old Manatee County man was sentenced Friday to nearly 20 years in federal prison for his role in a drug trafficking organization. ...more

September 20, 2008

A federal judge sentenced a 74-year-old man to nearly 20 years in prison today for his long involvement in a drug-trafficking organization. ...more

September 19, 2008

Former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has been suffering from dementia for at least the past eight years and has often had to be reminded that her husband is dead, according to her daughter, Carol. ...more

August 26, 2008

Caroll Spinney's slim but charming book, "The Wisdom of Big Bird (and the Dark Genius of Oscar the Grouch): Lessons from a Life in Feathers," published in 2003, is full of career advice even non-puppeteers can put to work. ...more

June 17, 2008

The Pinellas County Sheriff's Office released a surveillance video Wednesday of a man with a shotgun robbing a bank Tuesday. ...more

May 22, 2008

The National Civic League was founded in 1894 by Theodore Roosevelt and Louis Brandeis to address widespread municipal corruption. The organization sought to "raise the popular standards of political morality" and is still at work, seeking to help communities adopt practices that will empower people and improve their quality of life. ...more

May 19, 2008

Anyone who thought Sen. Barack Obama was getting a free ride in his quest for the White House needs to think again. His Democratic rival, Sen. Hillary Clinton, along with many Republicans, have started the mudslinging and body blows. That's because they are scared of the man who seems to be generating interest across party lines and throughout the country. Clinton stomped her feet and cried foul about something Obama said concerning her support for NAFTA in the 1990s. He said that as first lady, when her husband was a big promoter of free trade, that she also supported it. For some reason his statement enrages her now. That's strange, because she never mentioned anything against NAFTA before. ...more

February 25, 2008

PLANT CITY -- Motorists on Interstate 4 in Hillsborough County may encounter repaving crews in the coming months. ...more

February 15, 2008