To many people, it's a health food. To others, it's simply soda in disguise. That virtuous glass of juice is feeling the squeeze as doctors, scientists and public health officials step up efforts to reduce the nation's girth. ...more

November 9, 2009

LAND O' LAKES - Elementary school students accustomed to pizza in the cafeteria every Friday need to adjust their culinary expectations. ...more

February 6, 2009

Pauline Cole remembers riding in the back of the Ybor City streetcar because she was black. ...more

January 19, 2009

NEW YORK (AP) -- Google Inc. is closing three engineering offices and cutting 100 recruiters from its work force as the recession dampens hiring at the Internet search company. "Given the state of the economy, we recognized that we needed fewer people focused on hiring," Laszlo Bock, a Google vice president, wrote in a blog posting late Wednesday announcing the layoffs. ...more

January 15, 2009

LAND O' LAKES - School principals accustomed to seeing droves of new students show up at their doorsteps experienced something different this academic year. ...more

January 9, 2009

Piccadilly Cafeteria, an institution on State Road 60 for more than 21 years, has closed its doors for good, company officials said last week. ...more

January 7, 2009

The intent of this letter is not to justify the expenses of board travel, but to share some of the benefits brought to our district from outside sources. Our community is very rich and diverse and faces many different needs that are only common to large school districts with a combination of urban, suburban, and rural areas. ...more

August 2, 2008

Recently, I was thumbing through one of those free magazines that advertise businesses and schools in the area. A point of pride for one private school was that it offered physical education class every day. ...more

February 22, 2008

Recently, I was thumbing through one of those free magazines that advertise businesses and schools in the area. A point of pride for one private school was that it offered physical education class every day. ...more

February 15, 2008

TAMPA - A day after tornadoes in five states killed dozens of people, Hillsborough County school students crouched in hallways, heads tucked to their knees, practicing what to do should a twister threaten. ...more

February 6, 2008