Coming off two less-than-impressive wins, the University of South Florida women's basketball team wanted to go into its nine-day break feeling good about itself. ...more

December 10, 2007

"Rhett Butler's People," by Donald McCaig (St. Martin's Press, $27.95) ...more

December 9, 2007

Physicians are among the most trusted professionals in America, but a new survey shows that when it comes to dealing with colleagues' mistakes or incompetence, many doctors abandon the high standards they espouse. ...more

December 5, 2007

Disabled people who rely on Pasco County's on-call paratransit service to get around will have to dig deeper to pay for rides. ...more

November 30, 2007

This is probably the most basic fundamental of the Bucs defense. It is a concept that coordinator Monte Kiffin preaches every hour of every day, and it has long since been ingrained into the mind-set of his players. We mention it here again because it cannot be overemphasized, especially when you're facing a running back like Clinton Portis. He's not a football player; he's a locomotive who can change direction faster than Harry Potter on his broomstick playing Quidditch. The only way to shut him down is to throw a lot of bodies at him and plug all the gaps he will consider slicing through. Portis usually starts running to his left, but he'll cut back to his right away from the pursuit, so the Bucs have to seal off the cutback lanes and tackle low to keep Portis from beating them. ...more

November 25, 2007

Dale Gottschalk of Hudson says Iraq invasion had nothing to do with terrorism. ...more

November 24, 2007

TAMPA - A prosecution court filing provides new details of a videotape the government says was made by a University of South Florida student and posted to the Web site YouTube. ...more

November 21, 2007

The city is planning a two-pronged approach to smooth the bumps on Bayshore Boulevard and make the road safer for pedestrians and bicyclists. ...more

November 14, 2007

Former University of Florida backup center Mike Pouncey had a special visitor Friday night in his hotel room. ...more

November 4, 2007

Sprint Nextel said Monday that chairman and chief executive Gary D. Forsee will step down immediately, just two years after directing the $35 billion merger that created the nation's third-largest wireless company. ...more

October 9, 2007