Family and friends turn out to say goodbye to Sgt. Marcus Mathes, killed last week by a mortar attack in Baghdad. ...more

May 5, 2008

The body of Iraq war casualty Sgt. Marcus Mathes' was flown from Dover, Del., to Zephyrhills Municipal Airport on a charter jet that landed about noon today. ...more

May 5, 2008

Mourners remembered daredevil Evel Knievel on Monday as a red, white and blue American icon who made a spiritual leap of faith long after his death-defying motorcycle jumps. ...more

December 11, 2007

My brother Dan in Miramar received the following e-mail from one of his co-workers who had just returned from a business trip. ...more

December 6, 2007

A revered rooster that few knew and was lunchmeat for a hungry canine 10 years ago was memorialized with a New Orleans-style mock funeral procession down Ybor City on Sunday afternoon. ...more

November 11, 2007

Lee Pace has the magic touch. Relaxing on the set of his critically praised series, 'Pushing Daisies,' Pace taps the air teasingly with his forefinger. It's how Pace's character, Ned, makes others live or die with a single stroke on the darkly whimsical ABC drama. ...more

October 17, 2007

Several hundred mourners gathered in a cavernous church Friday evening to celebrate a girl who danced in the rain, lit up a room and died too soon. Raquel Carreras, killed in an auto accident one week ago, was remembered by family and friends as an eternally cheerful and energetic 14-year-old who made friends by the dozens and who will not be easily forgotten by them. ...more

September 21, 2007