Enough of this baloney about $75 an hour for auto workers. My father and brother are retired auto workers. They don't make, nor have they ever made, anything close to that kind of a wage. The $75 an hour story has been debunked by the mainstream TV news outlets but newspapers don't investigate and report anymore. They only re-report and the $75 an hour story sells papers. If, as stated, the autoworkers' wages add 10 percent to the cost of an American auto, why do competing Japanese cars cost 10 percent more for comparable American models? ...more

December 9, 2008

A domesticated macaw that flew up a tree and refuses to come down may survive at least two more days without food or water, a local veterinarian says. ...more

December 8, 2008

Tania Regidor has spent the past two days shouting at various trees in her Egypt Lake neighborhood. ...more

December 8, 2008

Daily Fishing Report ...more

December 1, 2008

A Tampa woman is behind bars for chasing after a Thanksgiving dinner guest with a machete. ...more

November 28, 2008

Dear Abby: I would like to encourage all parents of daughters to teach their girls how to say "no" clearly and with grace. ...more

November 23, 2008

We all want the best for our children. Most of us raise our children the way that we were raised. At both extremes of the parenting chart we will get similar results. At one end the parent maintains control over the child completely. The other end has no boundaries or limits with complete control going to the child. At either end of the parenting chart the results will be negative for the child and others. The goal is to achieve balance with the child. ...more

November 7, 2008

3:05 p.m.: Of all the volunteer poll workers for Obama in Hillsborough County, Henk Ovink may have come the farthest. ...more

November 4, 2008

A Largo man is accused of molesting two girls, ages 7 and 8, while babysitting them this year, Tampa police said. ...more

November 4, 2008

Nearly a week after inmate Raymond Marston escaped from jail, two homeless brothers spotted him in Town 'N Country, near a bridge where authorities say Marston beat and raped a girl in May. ...more

November 3, 2008