Swiss voters approved a move to ban the construction of minarets in a Sunday vote on a right-wing initiative that labeled the mosque towers as symbols of militant Islam, projections by a widely respected polling institute showed. ...more

November 29, 2009

A few weeks back, during the celebration of the "discovery" of the new world by Christopher Columbus, there was a lot of controversial comments made about what he discovered and what kind of man he really was. And it was said that there were teachers who were telling their young charges the truth about the man whose accomplishment we recognize each October. ...more

November 7, 2009

Megan Biretz, 17, never had an easy life. Her single mom struggled to support her while battling cervical cancer, then complications. Family demons - alcoholism, drugs and mental illness - hovered over the household with three adults and one child. Then, in two short days in early March, even that precarious family life vanished. ...more

March 29, 2009

Megan Biretz, 17, never had an easy life. Her single mom struggled to support her while battling cervical cancer, then complications. Family demons — alcoholism, drugs and mental illness — hovered over the household with three adults and one child. Then, in two short days in early March, even that precarious family life vanished. ...more

March 27, 2009

I have been following the reports concerning the "bi-partisan" committee which investigated the alleged misdeeds of Governor Palin on the firing of a man in Alaska. I understand Governor Palin states that the man was fired for insubordination. I don't know the exact makeup of the committee except I am informed that the chairman is a Democrat. It is likely that even Republicans on the committee may have been predisposed to find fault with the governor, since she had reprimanded some in her own party. I understand that the report did not find anything illegal in the actions of Governor Palin but that the question was one of ethics. ...more

October 18, 2008

Members of the Pinellas and Hillsborough County visitors bureaus are headed to South America today for a joint sales mission in a collaborative step that proponents of more cooperative efforts are likely to applaud. ...more

October 15, 2008

HARTFORD, Conn. - Passing notes in study hall or getting your best friend to ask a boy if he likes you or, you know, LIKES you, is so last century. Nowadays, teenagers are snapping naked pictures of themselves on their cell phones and sending them to their boyfriends and girlfriends. ...more

June 4, 2008

It's time to think of the inside of your carry-on suitcase as real estate: Make the most of what you've got, keep it functional and make neatness count. ...more

June 1, 2008

A popular club for stay-at-home moms split its ranks, but its members say the separation was amicable. ...more

May 10, 2008

As Russia prepares for March 2 presidential elections, it enters an era of political uncertainty it has not seen since President Vladimir Putin succeeded Boris Yeltsin eight years ago. ...more

February 17, 2008