One form of martial arts Stephen Weed teaches his students is a Japanese style called okazaki ju-jitsu. ...more

January 24, 2009

Sea trout season, closed since the first of November in the state's south zone (which includes the Bay area), reopens Thursday. ...more

December 28, 2008

M.B.A.D. could be quite good for two Lake Placid teenagers. M.B.A.D. stands for Multiple Barrel Attachment Device that has been created by Kyle LeBlanc and Kevin Smit. A patent is pending on the switching device for a paintball gun, and the Lake Placid High School sophomores have set up a company (MBAD Paintball Corp.) and a Web site (mbadpaintball.com). ...more

December 28, 2008

Re: "This Newspaper Is Fighting Back" (Views, Dec. 14): ...more

December 16, 2008

"It's the best flounder fishing we've had since I've been guiding," captain Ray Markham of Palmetto reported. "I've always been able to round up three or four on a trip, but for the last three weeks we've been catching 10, 12, up to 15 a day, and some of them have been up to 4 pounds." ...more

November 30, 2008

The only obstacle between kids and their french fries: Mom. So here is Debra DeMuth, McDonald's global nutrition director, mounting a spirited defense of fries to five mothers of young children at a McDonald's in Baltimore. ...more

November 22, 2008

All he wanted to do was watch baseball and drink beer all day. Sounds like a reasonable request. ...more

October 17, 2008

more than $256 million in wages, products and services over the past four years. The entertainment industry creates thousands of jobs for Floridians. ...more

September 22, 2008

It may not sound quite so romantic, but those white doves you plan to release at your wedding? They're pigeons. ...more

May 21, 2008

According to an article in The New York Times, baseball superstar Alex Rodriguez's connection to Tampa doesn't end when the New York Yankees leave town at the end of spring training. ...more

December 14, 2007