Besides location, the biggest question about luring the Boston Red Sox back to Sarasota is whether a pair of cash-strapped governments can raise the money to pay for a stadium project estimated to cost at least $80 million. ...more

July 21, 2008

SARASOTA – Goodyear, Ariz., and the Cincinnati Reds sealed their deal Monday to move the team's spring training to Goodyear's $108 million sports complex with 10,000 seats. ...more

July 15, 2008

On Monday, the Supreme Court refused to take up the appeal lodged by environmental groups that focused on a two-mile stretch of border fence in the San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area near Naco, Ariz. The fence, which has been built since the petition was filed, is a vital part of the Bush administration's drive to secure the border between the United States and Mexico. The Supreme Court's decision is a welcome and needed victory in the war against illegal immigration and efforts to preserve the unique character that is America. ...more

June 27, 2008

John McCain, seeking to become the oldest elected first-term president, gets an in-depth skin cancer check every few months because of melanomas. ...more

May 24, 2008

SARASOTA — Two years from now, Cincinnati Reds' fans will be able to watch their team play in a brand new spring-training stadium complete with state-of-the-art clubhouses, seating for 10,000, and a party deck. ...more

April 8, 2008

A plastic surgeon who replaced the fingerprints of a man involved in a drug ring with skin from the bottom of his feet was sentenced Wednesday to 18 months in prison. ...more

February 14, 2008

After two of the five Sarasota County commissioners changed their positions on a proposal to renovate Ed Smith Stadium, the commission voted to offer $17.6 million toward the project, a decision that could keep the Cincinnati Reds baseball team from leaving its spring training facility in Sarasota. ...more

February 13, 2008

You walked around Super Bowl Media Day and listened to the testimonials, one after another, all those perfect New England Patriots talking about their perfect teammate, that true Patriot: ...more

January 30, 2008

SARASOTA - The City Council in Goodyear, Ariz., approved an agreement Monday locking the city and the Cincinnati Reds into exclusive negotiations for 75 days. ...more

January 29, 2008

Jesse Lackman says his son spends a dozen hours a week waging medieval combat across the dreary dreamscapes of computer games. Just don't expect to find Lackman sitting beside him battling ogres and dragons. ...more

November 13, 2007