Madonna created the prototype, but Britney Spears has perfected the music-free music career. Mention her name and what comes to mind is a video, MTV performance, tabloid headline, just about anything but a song. ...more

January 9, 2009

Things To Do is a list of some of the most interesting upcoming events. For a complete list of Tampa Bay area events, see this week's Friday Extra. ...more

November 26, 2008

For kids, Halloween is all about the fun. For parents, it's all about the prep work. ...more

October 23, 2008

Donna Johnson has made it her mission to send care packages to U.S. servicemen and women overseas since her son, David, was deployed to Kyrgyzstan with the Air Force for the first time four years ago. ...more

October 13, 2008

An annual memorial ceremony to honor the victims of the Sept. 11 tragedy is scheduled for 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 11, at Sims Park. ...more

September 6, 2008

Tickets go on sale this Saturday at 10 a.m. for Maroon 5 and Counting Crows with Augustana, scheduled for Oct. 3 at the Ford Amphitheatre. ...more

June 24, 2008

It's pure speculation, of course, but the Top 40 likely would be a lot more fun if The Neptunes - super-producers Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo - let their experimental side out on tracks they cook up for big-money clients such as Gwen Stefani and Madonna. ...more

June 12, 2008

POP SINGLES 1. Take a Bow, Rihanna 2. Bleeding Love, Leona Lewis ...more

May 22, 2008

Lizzy Mapes pondered her options. The 14-year-old Weightman Middle School student was writing a poem and needed three action words to describe a Jolly Rancher, a rather sedentary bit of hard candy available in multiple flavors. ...more

February 4, 2008

To be a hero, you don't have to fight fires, arrest bad guys, perform life-saving surgeries, save someone from drowning, donate millions of dollars or leap tall buildings in a single bound. ...more

December 10, 2007