Three years ago, Pete Yorn contacted Scarlett Johansson about recording a duets album. He wanted to create something with a '60s vibe, similar to Serge Gainsbourg's recordings with Brigitte Bardot. ...more

October 23, 2009

Nearly 60 people were arrested Friday night with more to come by Sunday as part of the collaboration between Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office and Tampa Police Department. ...more

August 29, 2009

Hurricane season starts today, yet a new poll reveals that many residents of Florida and other coastal states aren't ready. According to the findings from Mason-Dixon Polling and Research: ...more

June 1, 2009

Progress Energy and its Florida customers are generating more than 1 megawatt of solar power, a "significant" milestone for the St. Petersburg-based utility, company officials said Monday. ...more

March 24, 2009

After the high-profile recalls of millions of lead-contaminated toys last year, a watchdog group said Wednesday that its tests found fewer toys with high levels of chemicals in them this year. But about a third of the toys tested still contained a worrisome level of chemicals. ...more

December 4, 2008

Girl Scouts of the USA, in collaboration with the Women Presidents' Organization and Sam's Club, hosted "On the Way to Pay Day" at Sam's Club, 5135 S. Dale Mabry Highway. Twenty-five local Girl Scouts participated at the Oct. 7 event, one of 10 held nationally to educate girls about financial literacy by playing the game Pay Day. ...more

October 22, 2008

Walt Disney World is scheduled to open a dinosaur-themed restaurant today at its Downtown Disney resort area in Lake Buena Vista. T-Rex is the first project in Disney's pursuit of more family-oriented dining and shopping in an area that until recently had a strong focus on its Pleasure Island nightclubs. ...more

October 14, 2008

Ten-year-old Ashton Lowry realizes that acting out and acting up would never be tolerated in any of her regular classes at Alafia Elementary School. ...more

July 16, 2008

A partnership is in the works between the University of South Florida and Mote Marine Laboratory to strengthen marine science research in Central and Southwest Florida. ...more

January 17, 2008

Hello Kitty is no sexist. The cute, cuddly white cat from Japan's Sanrio Co., usually seen on toys and jewelry for girls and young women, soon will don T-shirts, bags, watches and other products targeting young men, company spokesman Kazuo Tohmatsu said Friday. ...more

December 29, 2007