A frost or freeze is perhaps God's way of teaching us detachment, and helping with the pruning. The frost takes out much growth and motivates us to shape up the rest. ...more

February 25, 2009

Judging by the number of toys stacked floor to ceiling, you'd never know the country's in a recession. ...more

December 17, 2008

Considering the head-spinning properties of previous Brian Eno-David Byrne collaborations - three of the first four (and best) Talking Heads records and 1981's analog-sampling trailblazer "My Life in the Bush of Ghosts" - this new pairing comes off a little, well, conservative. ...more

December 12, 2008

Only a few years ago Hillsborough County and the rest of Florida looked on the financial struggles elsewhere in the nation with smug detachment. ...more

December 7, 2008

When three U.S. Coast Guard investigators peered into the hatch of a semi-submarine Saturday night, they saw two knives near the crewmen, Lt. j.g. Todd Bagetis said. ...more

September 17, 2008

Working under the cover of pre-dawn darkness, a group of Coast Guard law enforcement officers climbed atop a semi-submersible vessel in the waters of the Eastern Pacific Ocean early Saturday. ...more

September 16, 2008

Working as part of a Tampa-based investigation, the Coast Guard this weekend seized a semi-submarine with 7 tons of cocaine aboard about 350 miles west of Guatemala in the eastern Pacific Ocean, officials said. ...more

September 15, 2008

Joe Torre took pride in his ability to gauge the mood of the clubhouse during his 12 years as Yankees manager. ...more

February 14, 2008

The Consumer Product Safety Commission today announced the recall of 5,200 Novara Afterburner Trailer bicycles. ...more

September 18, 2007