As Perry Weaver fixes problems beneath the hood of a customer's pearl white 1968 Corvette, his biggest worry is the country's financial engine. ...more

January 31, 2009

The mural looks like a portrait of life here, a 2 feet-by-8 feet hand-printed acrylic work with at least two dozen symbols of Zephyrhills. ...more

November 13, 2008

When Carlos Pena learned he'd become the first Gold Glove winner in Rays history, he relayed the news from executive vice president Andrew Friedman to his wife, Pamela, in mid-phone call. ...more

November 7, 2008

Victoria St. Gelais is panicky. Tami Brewster-Barnes feels the nerves in the pit of her stomach. Steven Valentine is losing sleep as his mood rises and falls with John McCain's poll numbers. ...more

October 28, 2008

System: Sony PlayStation 3 (PlayStation Network) Publisher: Sony ...more

September 12, 2008

Gunmen thought to have been inspired by al-Qaida stormed a guard post outside the U.S. consulate Wednesday, touching off a deadly firefight that underscored Turkey's difficulty in clamping down on homegrown militants. Three assailants and three police officers were killed in the blitz-style assault. ...more

July 10, 2008

What a difference a year makes. In 2007, while still in the dark before changes to the state's property tax system had been finalized and home values plummeted, Sheriff Bob White released a tentative fiscal 2008 budget asking for an extra $11.2 million to $94.7 million. With the 13.4 percent increase, White wanted to hire an extra 109 more employees. ...more

June 4, 2008

A suicide bomber apparently targeting a senior security official blew himself up inside a funeral tent Monday, killing 18 people in the latest of a series of deadly attacks that are chipping away at the notion of a calmer Iraq. ...more

January 22, 2008

Seeking an impartial judge for our fruitcake haiku contest, we asked for help from the folks at Swiss Colony food catalog company in Monroe, Wis. As operators of the Web site ILoveFruitcake .com, Swiss Colony has judged our contests for the past two years. This year, senior copywriter Stephen Eliasson did the honors. ...more

December 18, 2007

In one of the earliest hints of 'modern' living, humans 164,000 years ago put on primitive makeup and hit the seashore for mussels to steam, new archaeological finds show. ...more

October 18, 2007