About 10 years ago, my Aunt Alice gave me a cookbook called "Neighboring on the Air, Cooking with the KMA Radio Homemakers." Sadly overlooked, it's one of many I'm determined to finally put to use. ...more

April 1, 2009

A sex offender is responsible for taking away some of the joy of the Postal Service's Operation Santa program: Volunteers who answer children's letters to Santa can no longer deliver gifts in person — or even know where they're going. ...more

December 20, 2008

As I age, I find myself wanting to reduce the accumulated collections of things in my life to a concentrated core. For example, I opt for frozen orange juice, which takes up less 'fridge space than a quart of the real thing, which takes up less space than a dozen of the truly real things. ...more

December 10, 2008

What's in a name? Politics, if you ask proud new father Mark Ciptak of Elizabethton, Tenn. Some people distribute bumper stickers, some post campaign signs and others donate cash to support their favorite candidates. Ciptak had another idea – sparked by the birth Friday of his baby girl. ...more

October 16, 2008

It's a forgotten melody, sketched in black ink in a swift but sure hand. ...more

September 19, 2008

When most patients go to a pharmacy to fill a new prescription, they don't think twice about turning over the note from their doctor. ...more

August 20, 2008

Barack Obama's visit to the Western Wall was a public event. The handwritten prayer he left there was meant to be private. ...more

July 26, 2008

A judge on Monday approved prosecutors' request to take a handwriting sample from former teacher Stephanie Ragusa, who is charged with having sex with two of her underage students. ...more

June 17, 2008

TAMPA A - judge today authorized prosecutors' request to take a handwriting sample of former teacher Stephanie Ragusa, who is charged with having sex with two of her underage students. ...more

June 16, 2008

A special-use permit has been granted to allow a borrow pit on Lutz-Lake Fern Road and to remove 2.5 million cubic yards of dirt over 10 years. ...more

February 14, 2008