Tire tracks lead up a grassy hill to a metal box that tells the tale of Florida's first foray into commercialized solar energy. ...more

February 11, 2008

The military telegram arrived in Peekskill, N.Y., on a springlike day in February 1945. The parents put it down unopened, falling to their knees to pray. Three of their five sons were pilots fighting overseas, and they were afraid to learn which of their boys was dead. ...more

February 3, 2008

America's Promise Alliance, an advocacy group that began with the Presidents' Summit For American's Future in 1997 and has championed better lives for disadvantaged children, has again named St. Petersburg among the country's 100 Best Communities for Young People. ...more

January 25, 2008

A national children's alliance Thursday named Hillsborough County and Tampa as among the country's 100 Best Communities for Young People. ...more

January 24, 2008

The FishHawk Creek Elementary School PTA has won a $1,897 grant to fund its Take Your Family to School Week, part of a nationwide series of PTA events to be held Feb. 10-16. ...more

January 19, 2008

North and Central Florida aren't feeling very neighborly as they battle over water from the St. Johns and Ocklawaha rivers. ...more

January 14, 2008

The early reviews are in, and three federal judges appeared in agreement Thursday that a movie lambasting Hillary Rodham Clinton seemed like a 90-minute campaign advertisement. ...more

January 11, 2008

Saying it went too far in its pursuit of profit, the popular Internet hangout Facebook Inc. is allowing its 55 million users to permanently turn off a new marketing tool that tracks their activities at other Web sites. ...more

December 6, 2007

The suicide of a Missouri teenager who was harassed online by a friend's mother makes you wonder what has become of good sense and good manners in this wired society. ...more

December 6, 2007

Trying to counter claims about the cost of reducing greenhouse gas emissions, an environmental group presented a study Wednesday hoping to show that it could be more expensive if Florida doesn't try to stop global warming. ...more

November 29, 2007