The new gold rush is on. The price of the precious metal is soaring, hitting a record $1,119 an ounce Wednesday - confounding market analysts who thought there was no way gold would remain so expensive when it first cracked the unheard-of $1,000 mark last year. ...more

November 12, 2009

The first day of practice, Hillsborough High boys basketball coach Andre Lewis told the county All-Star team to treat Friday's Hillsborough-Pinellas County Senior All-Star Game as if it was a regular-season game. ...more

March 21, 2009

As soon as the ball left his hands, Clearwater senior guard Regan O'Rourke knew the shot was going in. ...more

March 5, 2009

Students, parents and teachers pulled each other on scooters, played four-square, bowled and wriggled in hula hoops at McKitrick Elementary's Family Frenzy last month. ...more

February 25, 2009

ZEPHYRHILLS - Kathy Lovelace lost her job and was about to lose her house, too. But then she made a seemingly simple request of the bank: Show me the original mortgage paperwork. And just like that, the foreclosure proceedings came to a standstill. ...more

February 18, 2009

In a game crying out for a moment of brilliance, Durant's Freeman Bass and Billy Fanning provided one. ...more

February 11, 2009

A sense of normalcy returned to the Lightning locker room Friday. Gone was the media throng that had descended on the Forum the day before. Missing was the air of doubt surrounding iconic center Vinny Lecavalier and a possible trade to his hometown Montreal Canadiens. Absent were members of the Montreal press corps, who flew down to get the scoop before swooping back out of town. ...more

January 17, 2009

The nation's stores finally got some relief this Thanksgiving weekend, according to data released late Monday, but the sales gains were modest and analysts worry the pace can't be sustained through the season and beyond as shoppers worry about the recession. ...more

December 2, 2008

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November 8, 2008

What a way to celebrate Homecoming. In a Class 4A-District 8 rivalry game with serious win-or-go-home playoff implications, Tarpon Springs quarterback Danny Reyes sent the home crowd into a frenzy by scooting 10 yards to the end zone on the Spongers' first play of overtime during Friday night's scintillating 23-20 victory over Springstead. ...more

November 8, 2008