Does anyone really believe that I would have continued to spend money to collect signatures on a petition that was flawed? There is not now nor has there been a need to have changed the date in the petition. The issue was anticipated and addressed prior to seeking signatures. ...more

August 8, 2008

Time was, a decade ago, the United States, Norway and China dominated women's soccer without challenge. ...more

August 5, 2008

Barring a successful appeal, voters will not decide in November whether to create an elected county mayor position in Hillsborough County. ...more

August 2, 2008

I never drank. I never smoked. But I used to eat like crazy. I loved to eat Spanish food and Chinese food. Six years ago, I weighed 210 pounds, and I am 5-foot-9. I started walking every morning and afternoon, and I lost 30 pounds. ...more

July 31, 2008

As the purchase of XM Satellite Radio by larger rival Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. closed Tuesday, questions remained over whether the combined company can handle its $3.4 billion in debt, including $1.1 billion due next year. ...more

July 30, 2008

It occurred to me ... that I could also be saving gas, putting fewer miles on my leased car and reducing my carbon footprint if I joined them by biking along Bayshore. ...more

July 10, 2008

Box-office flops are supposed to be unavoidable in the up-and-down movie business. Even Will Smith has an occasional "The Legend of Bagger Vance" on his resume. ...more

June 28, 2008

Patricia Tobin, 44, Tampa Height: 5-foot-4 ...more

June 6, 2008

Some of the nation's biggest banks have closed their doors to students at community colleges, for-profit universities and other less competitive institutions, even as they continue to extend federally backed loans to students at top universities. ...more

June 2, 2008

Poised to adopt a master plan to guide development in and around the northeast part of the city, commissioners may try to strike a deal with Hillsborough County. ...more

May 21, 2008