Not long ago, it seemed a dead certainty that the only thing threatening Charlie Crist's march to a seat in the U.S. Senate in 2010 was a giant hurricane that left Florida taxpayers on the hook for a huge property-damage payout, thanks to the takeover of the insurance industry by the governor and his allies in the Legislature. As it turns out, other political ill winds are stirring. ...more

December 19, 2009

The supersized recession that was a boon for business last year caught up further with McDonald's Corp. in November as high unemployment ate into sales. ...more

December 9, 2009

After seven games, the Bucs' offense ranks 27th in the league in points and 28th in yards per game. ...more

November 4, 2009

The Lightning have turned into road worriers. Tampa Bay's 6-2 to loss to the Flyers on Monday marked the 11th consecutive road game in which the Lightning failed to pick up a victory, a stretch that dates back to March 14 of last season. ...more

November 2, 2009

Host Zephyrhills rallied Wednesday night for a 23-25, 17-25, 25-11, 25-19, 15-10 victory against Lecanto in the Class 4A-District 8 semifinal to earn its first playoff berth since 2007. ...more

October 29, 2009

Generations: the sum of the general population's mood, taste, accomplishments, and personality, are as distinct as the people who have lived through them. And while the world has gone in and out of wars, toppled walls separating democracy and communism, and put men on the moon, there remained a common thread pulling everyone together. That thread was the people themselves. ...more

April 1, 2009

Bob Vasturo, founder of Westshore Pizza & Cheesesteaks, announced plans to begin regional franchising of the Tampa-based restaurants. ...more

March 25, 2009

It began in the hallways of arenas after games where the people who play, coach or follow Big East basketball night after night risked rotator-cuff injuries patting each other on the back. ...more

March 23, 2009

The first opinion column, published under this scribbler's name, ran in a Georgia paper about 35 years back. It was a commentary countering a continually popular, liberal-belief that large segments of the population need government financial assistance to merely exist. ...more

March 21, 2009

McClatchy Co. is shearing another 1,600 jobs in a cost-cutting spree that has clipped nearly one-third of the newspaper publisher's work force in less than a year. ...more

March 10, 2009