Firefighters on Sunday took advantage of cooler, damper weather to battle a vast blaze ravaging Santa Barbara County and tried to gain a foothold against the fire before the expected return of hotter, drier conditions. ...more

July 7, 2008

WHERE ARE THEY NOW? EX-USF STANDOUT EXCELS IN SALT LAKE CITY Springstead grad Huey Whittaker has found a football niche as the leading receiver for AFL's Utah Blaze. ...more

June 18, 2008

Even when troop levels eventually start to drop in Iraq and Afghanistan, special operations forces will remain, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Wednesday night. ...more

May 22, 2008

United Airlines and US Airways Group Inc. saw their first attempt at marriage foiled earlier this decade by the deal's high cost and stiff opposition from lawmakers, unions and consumers. ...more

May 2, 2008

There's a new giant in the business of outfitting Tampa Bay area bedrooms. ...more

February 22, 2008

Norma McCulliss of Palm Harbor urges support for the Lupus Foundation of America. ...more

January 29, 2008

U.S. military commanders in northern Iraq told Defense Secretary Robert Gates here Wednesday that they need more troops to battle increased attacks by al-Qaida terrorists who have fled north after being pushed out of the Baghdad region. ...more

December 6, 2007

Regarding "Pakistan: An Uncertain Ally" (Nation/World, Nov.): Sam Rashid needs to be glad that he has been able to go to his native Pakistan every year up until a couple of years ago. I have not been able to go home to my native Kashmir since 1989. My wish to visit home may be nostalgic, but the rest of my family who lived in Kashmir for centuries were forced from their own land and had to live like refugees in their own country. Such has been the situation for two decades in Kashmir, where Kashmiri Muslim militants trained by Taliban and al-Qaeda forces in Pakistan forced their Hindu neighbors to either leave or be killed. My father was shot by his Muslim friends on Aug. 24, 1990. ...more

November 8, 2007

Citigroup's report of a 57 percent drop in third-quarter profit didn't surprise anyone. What did sound some alarms was the biggest U.S. bank's somber take on current conditions - suggesting that a hoped-for industry rebound may not come so easily. ...more

October 16, 2007