TAMPA BAY DOWNS WHAT: Thoroughbred horse racing WHERE: 11225 Race Track Road, Oldsmar ...more

May 3, 2008

REVIEW: Wi-Gear iMuffs cordless headphones ($179.99 at amazon.com) ...more

May 2, 2008

Parents, here's a scary sign of the times: Nearly a third of youths ages 9 to 14 may be accomplices in an ongoing multibillion-dollar Internet music heist. ...more

February 24, 2008

How many clicks does it take to help a local animal shelter win a $1 million makeover? We'll know in 37 days, when a new opinion-sharing Web site, Zootoo.com, tallies up the points. ...more

February 23, 2008

A huge government seizure of illegally cut Amazon lumber shows improved enforcement, environmentalists said Thursday, but they said it would not yet stop destruction of the rain forest. ...more

February 15, 2008

ERIC MATTHEWS: THE IMAGINATION STAGE (EMPYREAN) **½ Eric Matthews albums are frustrating affairs. His chamber-pop arrangements are never less than gorgeous but they tend to overwhelm his fragile melodies. His singing, a head-down whisper so low you suspect he doesn't wish to be overheard, doesn't help either. ...more

January 31, 2008

Prevention magazine thinks it has hit the busy woman's trifecta with its new "Shortcuts to Big Weight Loss" book and DVD by Chris Freytag. (The paperback from Rodale retails at $21.95; the DVD is $14.95. You can buy both on amazon.com for $27.92.) ...more

January 25, 2008

News that eBay chief executive Meg Whitman may retire comes as the online auctioneer faces slowing growth and disappointing returns from its $2.6 billion gamble on the Internet phone service Skype. ...more

January 23, 2008