David Earley is a family man. He lives on an acre-size lot with his wife, two young daughters, a dog and a horse. ...more

January 17, 2009

David Earley is a family man. He lives on an acre-size lot with his wife, two young daughters, a dog and a horse. ...more

January 15, 2009

Trappers continue to pick off escaped monkeys in Polk County. One by one, the primates are falling prey to routine and walking into traps. ...more

July 18, 2008

TAMPA - Trappers continue to pick off escaped monkeys in Polk County. One by one, the primates are falling pray to routine and carelessly walking into traps. ...more

July 17, 2008

Trappers have quietly nabbed a third of the patas monkeys that escaped in April from the Safari Wild nature preserve in Polk County, and authorities say they are confident the capture of the rest is imminent. ...more

June 17, 2008

Trappers have quietly nabbed a third of the patas monkeys that escaped in April from the Safari Wild nature preserve in Polk County, and authorities say they are confident the capture of the rest is imminent. ...more

June 16, 2008

Ambivalence and rhetoric mix then drift here like the peach-tinted smoke from the hookah at our table. The words that rise from Abdel are like the smoke; the 30-year-old man is from the United Arab Emirates, and came to Egypt to study and be with his remaining family. He is drinking coffee in an alley cafe steps from the Mosque of Sayyidna al-Hussein, grandson of the Prophet Mohammed, thus so sacred that non-Muslims are not admitted, except when they are admitted through the side door for women, accompanied by someone with the guide skills of Abdel, shoes folded sole-to-sole under an elbow, head covered with a pashmina. Americans are welcomed at all other mosques as long as they abide by certain traditions in this nasty, noisy, niggardly and noisome city of 15 million. ...more

May 19, 2008

Two patas monkeys that escaped from a wildlife preserve have been captured. ...more

May 3, 2008