The Book Swap of Carrollwood wants readers to join the business in celebrating dual events: the store's one-year anniversary at its current location and National Bookstore Day. ...more

October 28, 2009

John Legend wasn't talking. Literally. Fortunately, he was typing. "Just having some sinus issues," Legend writes via e-mail, explaining why phone interviews aren't on his agenda. "It's easier to sing if I don't talk during the day." ...more

January 22, 2009

During the election some compared Barack Obama to a rock star. They were wrong. He's bigger than a rock star if TV coverage is any measure of fame. ...more

January 18, 2009

Updates By Cell Phone; A Pitch For Ideas Barack Obama's high-tech bandwagon is rolling on, combining information on inauguration events with a pitch for cash to pay for them. The president-elect's aides told supporters this week that they could learn by e-mail about community service projects across the country tied to his swearing-in Tuesday; that they could receive updates by cell phone on traffic and events in the nation's capital; that the best of their ideas on how to govern, submitted on his Web site, would get his attention; and that they could contribute money. ...more

January 17, 2009

President-elect Barack Obama wants to conclude his inaugural oath with the words "so help me God," but a group of atheists plans to go in front of a federal judge in hopes of stopping him. ...more

January 14, 2009

It turns out that Floridians will be holding two – not just one – major social event in the nation's capital in conjunction with next month's presidential inauguration festivities. ...more

December 22, 2008

By now President-elect Barack Obama must know how Abraham Lincoln felt after winning that long campaign for election and finding the nation in a political crisis. His mission was to preserve a union of contentious, albeit prosperous, citizens. ...more

December 13, 2008

The inaugural celebration of Fall Into the Arts was everything organizers wanted it to be - a weekend of art, music, food and fun. ...more

October 22, 2008