I am convinced the U.S. Congress is populated with too many bumblers whose only talent is spending our country to oblivion, "bringing home the bacon" so to speak, and getting re-elected. Our current dire situation is directly attributable to these bumblers for legislating easy money policies and access to mortgages and loans for people unqualified to obtain them without government guarantees. ...more

January 18, 2009

A new NASA report says that the seat restraints, suits and helmets of the doomed crew of the space shuttle Columbia didn't work well, leading to "lethal trauma" as the out-of-control ship broke apart, killing all seven astronauts. ...more

December 30, 2008

No matter how hard he tries, Jon Gruden can't seem to get Jeff Garcia to stop diving head first into tacklers. ...more

December 5, 2008

TAMPA Hillsborough County firefighters were busy this morning, first responding to what had been reported as a hot-air-balloon collision in Lutz that turned out to be nothing and then to alarms in northwest and north Hillsborough County on unrelated calls. Firefighters did find smoke coming out of a duplex at 5910 Mar Jo Drive in North Tampa this morning. They determined that the smoke was coming from a burning pot on the stove. The resident, whose name was not released, was taken to a nearby hospital to be treated for smoke inhalation. ...more

November 28, 2008

Hillsborough County deputies and fire rescue workers are at the scene of a hot-air balloon collision in Lutz, authorities said. ...more

November 28, 2008

Fear and uncertainty bring people together. Whereas Americans seem to be too competitive to share joy on any grand level, we have an amazing capacity for empathy during shared moments of pain. ...more

October 22, 2008

Not For Workers Regarding "Return Incumbents To U.S. House" (Our Opinion, Oct. 16): ...more

October 20, 2008

Deception is a big part of NFL football. Every coach wants to make you think he's doing one thing when he's really trying to do something else. ...more

September 28, 2008

In the only really riveting Chase to date, Kurt Busch led Jimmie Johnson and Jeff Gordon by only 18 and 21 points entering the finale at Homestead. Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Mark Martin still were in contention mathematically. Busch edged Johnson by eight and Gordon by 16 for the championship. ...more

September 10, 2008

The Tampa Bay Chapter of the American Red Cross has more than 2,000 volunteers it can call on in times of disaster. But it faces a challenge: 60 percent of those volunteers are retirees, joining at an older age. ...more

August 14, 2008