Frank Mendez was a family man, a man of his community. Spending his entire life in the West Tampa area, Mendez, 80, passed away Dec. 30 from complications relating to prostate cancer. ...more

January 16, 2008

Frank Mendez was a family man, a man of his community. Spending his entire life in the West Tampa area, Mendez, 80, passed away Dec. 30 from complications relating to prostate cancer. ...more

January 16, 2008

The University of South Florida's refusal to investigate allegations that football star Ben Moffitt cheated in his classes shows an appalling disregard for academic integrity. ...more

January 9, 2008

The admitted leader of a band of Chicago police officers who ripped off drug dealers and funneled narcotics onto the city's streets was sentenced Thursday to 25 years in federal prison. ...more

January 4, 2008

He has switched over his driver's license and sent Blue Cross a change of address, so Englewood newcomer Dave Smith is ready to formally kick off his new life in Florida this week by being shot out of a cannon across 160 linear feet of parked cars. ...more

November 26, 2007

Englewood newcomer Dave Smith is ready to kick off his new life in Florida next week by being shot out of a cannon across 160 linear feet of parked cars. ...more

November 25, 2007

Vernon Lambeth had fulfilled a dream. After years of work as an electrician in California, Lambeth, 60, saved enough money to buy a house and orange grove on Lake Clinch in Frostproof, his childhood home. Lambeth moved to Frostproof with his wife and three children about two years ago. ...more

November 22, 2007

Four women and two men held Ronald Smart's future in their hands Wednesday. ...more

October 25, 2007

David Carr walked gingerly out of the locker room and bent down slowly, grimacing and holding his back straight as he placed a set of headphones in the pocket of a suitcase. ...more

October 8, 2007

On 'Desperate Housewives,' John Slattery plays a wily politician. On 'Mad Men,' he's an advertising agency magnate. ...more

September 30, 2007