"The Jazz Singer" brought sound to the movies. "Becky Sharp" did the same for color. Now "Monsters vs. Aliens" is accelerating Hollywood's 3-D revolution. The surging popularity of 3-D movies, dramatized recently by the $59.3 million opening of "Monsters vs. Aliens" - the biggest for a 3-D movie - has directors and studio executives reconsidering which, and how many, of their projects can be reworked into the medium. ...more

April 7, 2009

LAND O' LAKES - Bright, colorful, whimsical and a little funky. Anne Fraass exudes these adjectives whether in her home, artwork or her personality. ...more

January 8, 2009

For the 15th year the veterans marched through Town 'N Country Saturday in honor of Veterans Day, which is this coming Tuesday. ...more

November 8, 2008

Here's an intriguing - and sensible - idea: Run a 13.1-mile half-marathon before attempting the longer and more grueling full marathon. ...more

November 8, 2008

NEW PORT RICHEY On a night when lightning lit up the sky, the River Ridge offense failed to light up the scoreboard, as the Royal Knights fell to Lecanto. ...more

August 30, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - At least for the time being, Land O' Lakes is Titletown. In amateur men's soccer, that is. ...more

August 27, 2008

As the needle dug into the skin of her abdomen Thursday afternoon, Miss Dixie fixed her attention on a spot on Tigermoon Tattoo's purple ceiling. ...more

July 19, 2008

The plight of Mr. Anaya came to light in your paper over the last weekend. He was born in Texas in 1956 and promptly his parents were given deportation orders, it stated. He spent the next and first (15) fifteen years of his life in Mexico. This makes him a citizen of Mexico! He claims an American citizenship due only to his birth in Texas. In 1866, Sen. Jacob Howard clearly spelled out the intent of the 14th Amendment by stating: "Every person born within the limits of the US, and subject to their jurisdiction, is by virtue of natural law and national law a citizen of the US. This will not include persons born in the US who are foreigners, aliens, who belong to the families of ambassadors of foreign ministers accredited to the Government of the US." This understanding was reaffirmed by Sen. Edward Cowan, who stated: "(A foreigner in the US) has a right to the protection of the laws; but he is not a citizen in the ordinary since of the word." ...more

May 23, 2008

Gene Ramos and Cheryl Livingston moved to Lakeview Village in 1992 with their newborn daughter, when the north Brandon subdivision was in its infancy and the trees on their property were beginning to reach the roofline. ...more

September 24, 2007

Over the years, it has been seen as both a sleeping giant and a thorn in the city's side. ...more

September 17, 2007