The first few days after Ellie Aubel returned from her December mission trip to Haiti with several other members of Christ Our Redeemer Lutheran Church, her typically familiar surroundings seemed almost surreal. ...more

March 25, 2009

The week before Christmas, after more than six years of homelessness, I moved into a city-owned senior housing apartment in Rancho Mirage, Calif., near Palm Springs. I had been on the waiting list there for several years. ...more

January 31, 2009

Sea trout season, closed since the first of November in the state's south zone (which includes the Bay area), reopens Thursday. ...more

December 28, 2008

Just in time for Christmas, Karl Marx is finding a new audience among Japanese comic book fans. ...more

December 22, 2008

The Super Bowl's return to Tampa may be more than two months away, but a mini-sized precursor was held last Saturday right in the cozy confines of Pasco County. ...more

November 22, 2008

Veterans packed City Hall on Monday to protest one of their own, City Council President Luis Lopez. ...more

October 15, 2008

With humidity at 85 percent, there was no shortage of sweat. But with the exception of one paper cut, there was no blood. And the only thing close to tears was the perspiration running down the faces of the members of the Greater Brandon Kiwanis Club as they loaded back-to-school supplies into a Hillsborough County school bus during their first "Stuff the Bus" event last week. ...more

August 13, 2008

The Kiwanis clubs of Brandon and Sun City Center kicked off their first "Stuff the Bus" campaigns by delivering boxes to area businesses for the collection of school supplies. ...more

July 28, 2008

President Bush gave U.S. Olympians a rousing White House send-off to next month's games in Beijing, urging them Monday to "compete swifter, higher and stronger" but also be mindful they will be "ambassadors of liberty" to the people of China and elsewhere. ...more

July 22, 2008

President Bush gave U.S. Olympians a rousing White House send-off to next month's games in Beijing, urging them Monday to "compete swifter, higher and stronger" but also be mindful they will be "ambassadors of liberty" to the people of China and elsewhere. ...more

July 22, 2008