TAMPA The morning after the finale of "The Amazing Race 13," winners Nick and Starr Spangler told the CBS "Early Show" that the right balance of "luck, strength and skill" helped them win. The brother-sister team took home the $1 million prize in the race, which was run over the summer. Teams traveled nearly 40,000 miles in 23 days. ...more

December 8, 2008

Despite some missteps involving a silly cow costume, Tampa resident Tina Greene and her estranged husband, Ken, survived another round of CBS's "The Amazing Race" on Sunday night. ...more

November 17, 2008

TAMPA - Kim Scheeler, the longtime leader of the Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce, is leaving that post in August to lead the Greater Richmond (Va.) Chamber of Commerce. ...more

June 19, 2008

SEBRING — The search for a successor to Highlands County Administrator Carl Cool will begin in earnest on Tuesday, when the five county commissioners seek advice from an executive recruiting firm and a top administrator at South Florida Community College. Cool, who has been the county's top executive officer for 16 years, announced in early August that he will retire June 30, 2008. Before advertising for the administrator's job, commissioners plan to decide whether to hire an executive recruiting firm and/or appoint a citizens committee to assist them in their search. "We want to get it going," Guy Maxcy, chairman of the commissioners, said about setting up the process to hire a new administrator. "We're going to try to agree to and build a process on Tuesday and hopefully have direction for staff," he added. ...more

September 23, 2007