This is in response to the article on loud aircraft by Kathleen Walker. ...more

May 14, 2009

Authorities count hundreds of Amber Alert cases across the country as success stories when they start explaining why the media-friendly and politically popular bulletins are so important. ...more

November 21, 2008

Robert Marve's master plan was to come into Florida Field on Saturday night, his very first college game, and find a way to lead Miami to what would have been the most stunning victories the Hurricanes ever put together. ...more

September 8, 2008

An anonymous tip called in to the clerk of court's office on March 25 has led to a sheriff's investigation into allegations that five county employees have been stealing county gasoline and/or diesel for use in their personal vehicles. ...more

August 6, 2008

An anonymous tip called in to the clerk of court's office on March 25 has led to a sheriff's investigation into allegations that five county employees have been stealing county gasoline and/or diesel for use in their personal vehicles. ...more

August 5, 2008

The final, chilling posting read, "It's time." In the hours before a 25-year-old man went on a killing rampage in central Tokyo on Sunday, he posted a series of messages on an online bulletin board from his cell phone, the authorities said Monday. ...more

June 10, 2008

Bills recently filed in the Florida House of Representatives and Senate that would require independent reviews of land owned by county property appraisers are not a "knee-jerk reaction" to a Pinellas County land scandal, as Pinellas Appraiser Jim Smith claims. ...more

November 9, 2007

One could not define The New England Journal of Medicine as a bastion for tax-and-spend liberals. Harvard folks who provide the publication are a conservative lot who publish, after great scrutiny, health-related studies and editorials. ...more

October 26, 2007

TAMPA - The benching of a teenage Muslim athlete from a soccer match over the weekend in Palm Harbor was the latest local incident involving female athletes who have been prohibited from playing sports while wearing traditional Islamic dress. Iman Khalil, 15, booted from a match Saturday, returned to the field Sunday to play after the referee's decision was overturned by the league. ...more

October 15, 2007