Official runaround Editor: It seems the more officials you contact the more one gets a runaround. The county sees fit to devalue property and then devalue the homestead exemption on top of that. Why? ...more

November 21, 2009

Tampa Bay Buccaneers cornerback Ronde Barber knew Coach Raheem Morris eventually would get his first win. ...more

November 9, 2009

Making Yourself Beautiful Inside and Out. ...more

May 18, 2009

Bob Buckhorn walked into the thatched-roof Irish refuge called Four Green Fields. He looked briefly and a little longingly at the row of draft beer handles at the bar and then sat down and ordered water. ...more

March 20, 2009

With power, nothing else matters. Keauna McLaughlin and Rockne Brubaker won their second straight pairs title at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships on Saturday, overcoming two big errors with their considerable speed and strength. They finished with a score of 178.76, edging newcomers Caydee Denney and Jeremy Barrett - who train in Ellenton - by about 2 1/2 points. ...more

January 25, 2009

It couldn't have had a more cliched premise: A washed-up athlete struggles against the odds for one last shot at greatness. ...more

January 22, 2009

Jon Gruden is suddenly on the NFL's open market, altering coaching landscapes from Dallas to Buffalo. ...more

January 17, 2009

It's not totally impossible that a disgraced chef can make a comeback. The Food Network is bringing back "Dinner: Impossible" with Robert Irvine. ...more

November 20, 2008

Why are so many people, black and white, dancing in the streets over the outcome of the election? Is it that they have been fooled by Obama's charisma, or is it because they have not been fooled by McCain's use of fear tactics? ...more

November 13, 2008

Tom Rosenstiel, director of the Project for Excellence in Journalism ( www.journalism.org), recently spoke to Presstime Magazine about whether the presidential candidates or the media are controlling the campaign message, the increasing importance of political blogs and why The Daily Show is good news for newspapers. ...more

July 27, 2008