A group of security workers stand at attention as two black SUVs, each driven by armed guards, pull up to the artists' entrance to the Kodak Theatre. Inside are the Academy Awards' most famous guests. ...more

February 22, 2009

Here's what we know about the Obama presidency so far. It's not 1933, we're not in the Great Depression and Barack Obama is not FDR. ...more

February 1, 2009

Recycling could become as routine as taking out the trash for many more Pasco County residents, depending on the results of a pilot project. ...more

January 22, 2009

Recycling could become as routine as taking out the regular trash for many more Pasco residents, depending on the results of a pilot project. Since June many area neighborhoods have been part of a test program in which waste hauling firm Accurate Waste Systems is gauging the attitudes of some 8,000 customers to recycling. As part of the program, a company flyer is encouraging its customers to become part of a "Lean Green Recycling Machine." ...more

December 31, 2008

One of my favorite albums of all time is "Club Wig," the eponymous debut of a band from Tuscaloosa, Ala. The band existed in one form or another from 1984 - at the time, anyone who wanted could get up and play with the band; drums consisted of two cardboard boxes -- until (I think) 1987. ...more

December 26, 2008

Fay Young's favorite pastimes are dancing and clowning around with her buddies. She is also passionate about kids. ...more

December 17, 2008

Perched atop his horse, D'artagnon, Tampa police Officer Scott Rehbein saw all sorts of temptations for thieves in the WestShore Plaza parking lot Wednesday. ...more

November 27, 2008

Like jingle bells and Santa hats, Rehbein and other Tampa police officers patrolling the malls are a holiday tradition. Officers on horseback and motorcycles, and in unmarked vehicles, will conduct extra patrols at WestShore Plaza, International Plaza and along the Dale Mabry Highway corridor from now through Jan. 4. ...more

November 26, 2008

Hundreds of thousands of pages of what appear to be voter survey documents were found strewn along a section of Interstate 4 early this morning. The documents were discovered along a quarter-mile stretch of the highway near I-275 and contained names, addresses, phone numbers and party affiliations of Hillsborough County voters. Several empty cardboard boxes were found nearby. ...more

November 3, 2008

ROGERS, Ark. (AP) - Style at a Wal-Mart used to mean a clean cut on the side of a box so customers could get their products right from the case. ...more

November 2, 2008