Prime Minister Gordon Brown apologized Wednesday for a potentially disastrous government blunder in which two computer disks containing personal and financial data on 25 million Britons disappeared after a junior government minister said he handed them to a courier service. ...more

November 22, 2007

AVON PARK –– Shock and embarrassment were the feelings felt in the Avon Park locker room after being trounced by Orlando Christian Prep on their home floor on Friday. How they would respond was a mystery, until tip-off on Saturday. A totally different and energized Red Devil squad stunned the Pendleton Panthers for most of the game, using a quality inside game and hitting open jumpers to build an early 15-point lead. But the young team's tanks went empty in the final three minutes, as the Panthers pulled away for a 64-58 win in the final day of the Bill Jarrett Ford Tip-Off Classic. The turnaround could be attributed to an early-morning practice at the players' request. ...more

November 19, 2007

Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio wants everyone in the city to move. No, not out of the city. But to get up and become physically active. That's the idea behind her Walking With the Mayor events, held twice a year. The next one is Oct. 20. "It's just a great way to show people that, hey, it doesn't take much to get out there and exercise," she says. ...more

October 11, 2007