On May 20, the city will have its 84th birthday as an incorporated community. ...more

March 14, 2009

A man scheduled to die Wednesday in the murder of a teenage Tampa girl 25 years ago has petitioned the Florida Supreme Court for a stay of execution. ...more

February 10, 2009

A man scheduled to die Wednesday in the murder of a teenage Tampa girl 25 years ago has petitioned the Florida Supreme Court for a stay of execution. ...more

February 9, 2009

The Bush administration's effort to free federal agencies from the Endangered Species Act is bad environmental policy and a waste of tax dollars. ...more

January 2, 2009

When Congo shakes, Africa trembles. This vast linchpin of a country at the green heart of the continent, covering 905,000 square miles and bordering nine nations, never goes down alone. ...more

November 3, 2008

Striking into the heart of Tampa Bay area Republican territory, Joe Biden told a rally here Monday night that Barack Obama is the presidential candidate who can best "unite the country." ...more

October 28, 2008

A young boy in a rural Southern town is dashing about on his bicycle, dodging oncoming traffic, when he suddenly drops dead of a heart attack. ...more

October 16, 2008

Sen. Barack Obama says he is set for a presidential debate tonight at the University of Mississippi, the first of three 90-minute debates he is scheduled to have with Sen. John McCain. ...more

September 26, 2008

By now most of us have become so inured to the jibber-jabber of campaign advertising that if we turned on the television and heard a commercial accusing a candidate of being a lying, conniving, race-baiting, drug-dealing, sex-crazed Satanist, most of us would probably idly shrug and say: "That's nice. Would you pass the salt, Bertha?" ...more

September 18, 2008

Boxing's unwritten rule goes like this: To beat the champ, you must beat the champ. Belts do not change waistlines on technicalities; in a close match, deference is paid to the titleholder. ...more

August 24, 2008