End war, forever. Make the planet greener. Please help my dad find work. Make it rain candy! Thousands of kids detailed their hopes and expectations for President Barack Obama in letters and drawings as part of a worldwide project, with 150 chosen for a free e-book being released on Presidents Day. ...more

February 16, 2009

Visually impaired girl from Tampa was one of 10 students from the U.S. and Canada picked for a trip to the Grand Canyon ...more

February 4, 2009

Two new exercise bikes will be unveiled Monday at the Jerome Brown Community Center. ...more

January 11, 2009

One recent study shows that searching the Internet may keep older brains agile. The study comes at a time when medical experts are forecasting that Alzheimer's cases will quadruple by 2050. ...more

December 12, 2008

Watching a thunderstorm from behind the windows of a deluxe apartment 30 stories above downtown Tampa, Ed Balchon considered trading in the suburbs for urban living. ...more

June 22, 2008

With an electric bill expected to top $40 million this year, the Hillsborough County School District has turned to a team of five men and a few posses of students. ...more

December 25, 2007

The eight women visited Long Island this summer along with vacationing families and other business travelers, staying in hotels and motels in commercial strips in middle-class suburbs such as East Garden City, Hicksville and Woodbury. Their ages ranged from 20 to 32. ...more

September 7, 2007