The Genitorturers' live show is legendary/notorious, featuring piercings, whippings and all manner of depravity. ...more

November 6, 2009

In Salvador, and all of Brazil, beats the heart of a free-spirited country. ...more

March 25, 2009

"Outliers: The Story of Success," by Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown, $27.99) ...more

December 14, 2008

TOKYO - A 43-year-old player in a virtual game world became so angry about her sudden divorce from her online husband that she logged on with his password and killed his digital persona, police said today. ...more

October 23, 2008

You know you've gone too far when you make a nudist blush. ...more

June 25, 2008

While some kids are stuck at home in front of a television set this summer, Cal Nelson, 11, and his 14-year-old brother, Mitch, are exploring a whole new world - under water. ...more

June 21, 2008

TOWN 'N COUNTRY - Swimmers will have the option of wearing nothing at all at the Arbors at Branch Creek, a complex of 390 homes that landed on the idea to help move units in a down market. ...more

June 18, 2008

COUNTRYWAY -- Swimmers will have the option of wearing nothing at all at the Arbors at Branch Creek, a complex of 390 homes that landed on the idea to help move units in a down market. One pool is being set aside for nude swimmers, sunbathers and hot tubbers, said Christine Pirkle, director of sales with the Web site for the project's developers. ...more

June 17, 2008

When Doris Sidoti of Valrico, a board member for the Southeast Hillsborough Unit of the American Cancer Society, approached Lila Campanelli-Purifoy about being a model for the 2008 Calendar of Cancer Survivors, she said her old inhibitions about being photographed seemed petty. ...more

December 6, 2007

When it came to cameras, Valrico resident Lila Campanelli-Purifoy would just as soon be out of the picture. ...more

November 28, 2007