The University of Notre Dame is sticking with its invitation to President Obama to speak at its commencement. ...more

March 23, 2009

The residents of East Lake Woodlands seized upon the first ballot in Pinellas County history conducted via conventional mail to brush aside an offer to be annexed by the city of Oldsmar. ...more

March 14, 2009

Geoff Karlavage's plane had just touched down in Las Vegas in August 2007 when he learned that the mortgage lender he worked for was shutting down. ...more

March 1, 2009

If drivers don't see the light from a speed-radar trailer and slow down, they might see the flashing lights of a patrol car in their rear-view mirrors instead. The Police Department wanted to remind motorists the speed limit along Main Street is 25 mph, Capt. Jeff Harrington said. So police parked one of the department's two trailers on Main Street near Van Buren Street late last week. ...more

February 11, 2009

This year's sixth annual Crystal Beach Community Association silent auction fundraiser promises to be a lavish "Night of Wine and Roses." Festivities kick off at 4 p.m., tomorrow, Saturday, at Town Hall, on Crystal Beach Avenue, when bargain hunters begin perusing and bidding on more than $20,000 worth of merchandise and gift certificates. ...more

February 7, 2009

Now that Progress Energy Florida customers have opened their first bill with a rate increase of nearly 25 percent, legislation is taking shape that might roll back part of the increase. The utility balked at requests from state Sen. Mike Fasano, R-New Port Richey, and state Rep. Peter Nehr, R-Tarpon Springs, to suspend the portion of the rate hike to jump-start nuclear power projects. ...more

January 14, 2009

When a man sounding remarkably like President-elect Barack Obama called a Florida congresswoman Wednesday, she assumed it was a crank call. So Republican Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen hung up. But, the Miami Herald reports, this was no prank. ...more

December 4, 2008

You've signed up for fare alerts that send you an e-mail message when a flight you want to buy goes down in price. Ever wish you could get a similar message when a frequent-flier seat opens up on that plane? ...more

November 30, 2008

Election news junkies are going into withdrawal after the historic - and long - presidential election put Democrat Barack Obama in the White House. ...more

November 8, 2008

Liza Minnelli will return to Broadway in December for the first time in nearly a decade in a two-week engagement of "Liza's at the Palace." ...more

October 20, 2008