Barack Obama picked Arne Duncan, CEO of Chicago public schools, as his man to be Secretary of Education. ...more

January 14, 2009

For months, Verizon owed Mary Spatz a free HDTV in exchange for signing up for cable television, phone and Internet service. But each time she called asking about the missing TV, she only heard excuses about delays and backlogs. ...more

November 16, 2008

Five miles east of Dade City and three miles north of San Antonio lies the lightly traveled heart of a Pasco County region residents have waged long and mighty war to defend from trespassing developers and others who disregard the virtues of rural tradition. ...more

October 26, 2008

Law enforcement ejected about 72 people at the Tampa Bay Rays' playoff games this weekend. ...more

October 20, 2008

Every four years we are bombarded by political ads that blame all of the nation's ills on the wealthy. ...more

September 16, 2008

SEBRING — Tyler Shingle picked up a bowling ball at his brother's birthday party at the bowling alley and decided he might like the sport. Less than a year later, he took first place in the 2008 Florida Pepsi Youth Championship, beating out more than 800 other bowlers. "We never knew where he stood in the rankings all day, but we knew he was having a great day," said his dad Rodney Shingle. "When we found out he won the whole thing, we almost fell over. We couldn't believe it." ...more

May 26, 2008

Florida State capped a month of turmoil by losing to Kentucky on Monday in the Music City Bowl. The loss, amid an academic cheating scandal that forced the Noles to leave more than 20 scholarship players home, concluded back-to-back 7-6 seasons for FSU. ...more

January 1, 2008

THE FIERY FURNACES: WIDOW CITY (THRILL JOCKEY) ** Repeat an original idea enough times and it becomes formula. Formula becomes shtick, and even good shtick gets old after a while. Fiery Furnaces hit that particular wall on the duo's fifth album. ...more

December 20, 2007

SEBRING — Singing nursery rhymes in kindergarten is fun. But these days, about 30 students from Hill-Gustat Middle School are harnessing the power of nursery rhymes to improve their reading fluency. ...more

December 6, 2007