Even as he trumpeted a slowdown in the nation's job losses Friday, President Barack Obama put finishing touches on a proposal he'll unveil next week to "jump-start" business hiring across America. ...more

December 4, 2009

A construction worker was struck in the head by a block-and-tackle hoist this afternoon and was transported to a local hospital as a trauma alert patient, officials said. ...more

May 4, 2009

St. Petersburg firefighter Tanya Pritchard clipped a red rope to the harness around her torso, extra carabiners dangling at the ready. ...more

March 28, 2009

Nearly three months after Democrat Barack Obama visited Parkesdale Farm Market, Republican John McCain made a stop of his own at the landmark famous for its shortcake and its spot on the campaign trail. ...more

October 24, 2008

It should be quite a Christmas present to ourselves. Sometime this December, the massive, new Tampa Bay History Center is scheduled to open its doors in the Channelside area of downtown. ...more

August 8, 2008

I was feeling for Santiago Corrada. The mayor's administrator for neighborhoods was trying to spread out those oversize construction-site plans for a park on the hood of the mayor's mean green hybrid Toyota about the same time angry dark clouds began blowing across the channel into Cotanchobee Park. And the rain began to spit. ...more

August 4, 2008

Whether he's a DIY bedazzler or a Barcalounger base coach, your dad deserves something cool and cutting-edge for Father's Day. ...more

June 11, 2008

NEWARK, N.J. Things have been awfully quiet on the sales front involving the transfer of the franchise from Palace Sports and Entertainment to Absolute Hockey Enterprises. ...more

November 1, 2007

This Avon rep wears a hard hat and carries a pile of company catalogs to his day job on a construction site, encouraging the men to buy their ladies a little something. ...more

October 8, 2007

Five years after he enrolled for his memorable year at Syracuse University, Carmelo Anthony helped break ground Wednesday on a new basketball practice facility that will bear his name. 'I just can't thank the Syracuse community enough for bringing me here,' said Anthony, who as a freshman led the Orange to the 2003 NCAA national championship and then left school to play for the NBA's Denver Nuggets. 'I don't think anybody realizes how much this is going to do for the men's and women's teams.' Flanked by Coach Jim Boeheim and Athletic Director Daryl Gross, Anthony, shovel in hand and orange hard hat atop his head, posed for photos next to the architect's rendering of the new $19 million complex, which will be called the Carmelo K. Anthony Basketball Center. Anthony donated $3 million to get the fundraising under way. The 23-year-old Anthony, who grew up in a tough neighborhood in Baltimore that he called 'The Pharmacy' because of rampant drug abuse, was beaming with pride. 'I don't think there is an active athlete in the world today who has their own building, especially at my age,' Anthony said. 'My plan when I came to Syracuse was to stay at least two to three years. I didn't think I was going to do what I did in that one year. But playing in front of 30,000 people, we was like the Beatles, walking around and getting that love around the city. It felt good. I always told Coach Boeheim, 'Whatever you need me to do, I'm going to do.'' Gross said the university has accumulated $13.5 million to date and hopes to have the entire amount necessary before construction is completed. The Associated Press ...more

September 30, 2007