The Flaming Lips and its little-brother band Stardeath and White Dwarfs remake Pink Floyd's most famous work and, brother, it ain't for the faint of heart. ...more

January 1, 2010

One day, Mother received a letter in the mail. She told us she had sent for a Newfoundland/Labrador retriever pup for the family and that this was the letter of confirmation. The puppies had been born, and when they were weaned and eating dog food, were big and strong enough to stand the trip, they would send a male pup to us. ...more

November 8, 2009

Maybe they should call the place Manning Manor. On the field where little brother Eli led the New York Giants to a Super Bowl triumph two seasons ago, Peyton Manning threw four touchdown passes in his first game there, three in the second quarter, to power the Indianapolis Colts past Kurt Warner and the turnover-plagued Arizona Cardinals 31-10. ...more

September 28, 2009

Army Sgt. Samuel Valdez has been missing since he fell overboard in a Feb. 22 training exercise, but he will never be forgotten, friends, family members and fellow soldiers say. ...more

July 20, 2009

Charleston's architectural and culinary treasures restore a frazzled mother's faith in calmer times to come. ...more

March 13, 2009

Dorian Dillard, one of the two men charged with killing two homeless men in St. Petersburg in 2007, told his defense attorney he didn't want the case to go to trial because he didn't want the families of the victims to experience any more heartache, his defense attorney said in court today. ...more

February 25, 2009

In its recent anniversary issue, the New Yorker magazine took a look at the state of affairs here in Florida. Apparently there is nothing amiss in the Empire State worthy of note. So it declares things here a real mess, thanks to the collapse of the real estate market. While it told of some foreclosure hardship tales from southwestern Florida, the ground zero of the devastation, according to the New Yorker, is good old Pasco County. ...more

February 11, 2009

Peyton Manning's first Pro Bowl experience came when he was 3 years old. ...more

February 8, 2009

When your mom is a published children's author, maybe it's a given that you'll try your hand at writing someday. ...more

February 1, 2009

A 10-year-old boy enrolled in Big Brothers Big Sisters of Tampa Bay got an early but timely birthday present today — two free tickets to the Super Bowl. ...more

January 29, 2009