The Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show in New York City is the Super Bowl for the K-9 set, but Tampa Bay area residents have a show worth boasting about too - one that draws people from all over the world to the rolling countryside of Hernando County every winter. ...more

January 15, 2009

First lady Laura Bush has agreed to write a memoir with one of the world's oldest publishing houses, Scribner. Publication for the book, currently untitled, is scheduled for 2010. ...more

January 5, 2009

"Plum Spooky," by Janet Evanovich (St. Martin's Press, $28) ...more

January 4, 2009

Exercise guru Richard Simmons brought his signature combination of showbiz pizzazz and stratospheric enthusiasm to Tropicana Field on Thursday morning, where he led hundreds on the Senior Fun Walk. ...more

November 21, 2008

Exercise guru Richard Simmons brought his signature combination of showbiz pizzazz and stratospheric enthusiasm to Tropicana Field this morning, where he led hundreds on the Senior Fun Walk. ...more

November 20, 2008

If you had a high opinion of Sarah Palin before Thursday's interview with ABC News, you probably still do. If you had thought she is not qualified to be president, the sit-down probably confirmed that judgment. ...more

September 17, 2008

When Hillsborough County Fire Rescue Station No. 24 is dedicated in honor of Leslie "Pete" Dennison on Monday, it will be a well-deserved accolade that would have touched Dennison, his admirers say. ...more

June 21, 2008

As revelations go, this probably qualifies as a poor man's epiphany-lite meets "I coulda had a V-8!" moment. ...more

January 31, 2008