When Muriel and Harold Haviland decided to move to Florida 50 years ago from Long Island, New York, they were in search of a peaceful, safe place to raise a family. ...more

November 4, 2009

President Barack Obama didn't have time to join a roast of prominent officials by the journalists who cover them, cracks Vice President Joe Biden, because Obama is getting ready for Easter. ...more

March 23, 2009

WASHINGTON - Acknowledging it's an "imperfect" bill, President Barack Obama said Wednesday he will accept a $410 billion spending package that includes billions in earmarks like those he promised to curb in last year's campaign. But he insisted the bill must signal an "end to the old way of doing business." ...more

March 11, 2009

Abraham Lincoln and George Washington, in separate, emotional Presidents Day interviews with ESPN's Peter Gammons, admitted using performance-enhancing drugs. ...more

February 16, 2009

Wondering if his publisher liked the manuscript of "Les Miserables," Victor Hugo sent a terse note: "?" His publisher replied as tersely: "!" That was the nation's response to Barack Obama's inaugural address, even though - or perhaps because - one of his themes, delicately implied, was that Americans do not just have a problem, they are a problem. ...more

January 21, 2009

The thaw in the resentful relationship between the most powerful woman in the Democratic party and her younger male rival began at the party's convention this summer, when Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton gave such a passionate speech supporting Barack Obama that his top aides leapt out of their chairs backstage to give her a standing ovation as she swept past. ...more

November 24, 2008

One of the largest mosques in the world, named after Chechnya's first president, was inaugurated Friday in the North Caucasus republic in a lavish ceremony attended by dignitaries from 28 countries. ...more

October 18, 2008

The old Gobblers have won many battles, but they may have lost the war to create a public library in the former Turkey Creek High. ...more

September 10, 2008

Once upon a time West Pasco was a called a cultural wasteland by fine art lovers and a group of individuals associated with Suncoast Richey Theatre, which at that time was called the Meighan Theatre. ...more

September 6, 2008

By rights, John McCain should be getting hammered on economics. ...more

August 20, 2008