On the night before the Sept. 11 attacks, Sneha Anne Philip bought three pairs of shoes, bed linens and lingerie at a department store across the street from the World Trade Center. She was never heard from again. ...more

February 2, 2008

PINELLAS PARK She's wearing only a thong and giving every motorist on 66th Street a come-hither look. But not everyone is thrilled. Since a billboard featuring a scantily clad woman was recently put up outside a gentlemen's club, complaints have been made at the police department and with city code workers, authorities say. ...more

January 17, 2008

Motorists across the Bay area may notice an FBI wanted poster of a man sought in the death of a pregnant Marine in North Carolina. ...more

January 16, 2008

TAMPA - Motorists throughout the Bay Area might notice an FBI wanted poster of a man sought in the death of a pregnant Marine in North Carolina. ...more

January 15, 2008

We seldom realize just how lucky we are to have Tampa International, a passenger-friendly airport that actually works, right in our own back yard. Tampa is recognized as one of the better airports in the world. ...more

January 4, 2008

Driving my truck through Arcadia the other day, I was thrilled to see Christmas decorations on the courthouse lawn. ...more

January 2, 2008

So if we must watch someone wandering about aimlessly as the last man on Earth, it may as well be someone who can hold our attention like the charismatic Will Smith, star of "I Am Legend." ...more

December 13, 2007

No, Virginia, Santa Claus was not invented by the Coca-Cola Co. The contention that Coke created the modern image of Santa and decked him out in corporate red has become something of an urban myth in recent years. Just the other day, the BBC phoned Coca-Cola archivist Phil Mooney and put him on the radio to address the issue. ...more

December 11, 2007

With President Vladimir V. Putin's opponents persistently hobbled by the Kremlin, his party on Sunday swept to the kind of landslide long predicted for the parliamentary elections. ...more

December 3, 2007

Aid workers struggled Friday to help hundreds of thousands of survivors of a cyclone that blasted Bangladesh with 150 mph winds, killing a reported 1,100 people, savaging coastal towns, and leaving millions without power in the deadliest such storm in more than a decade. ...more

November 17, 2007