Socialism is the blanket that covers the mattress of communism. Fascism is the headboard and Humanism is the foundation. ...more

April 25, 2009

SEBRING Nothing, not even walking pneumonia, was going to keep John Dillashaw from making the annual 12 Hours of Sebring. ...more

March 21, 2009

A fire this afternoon caused by a 4-year-old boy playing with a lighter has left a family of five without a home, Tampa Fire Rescue officials say. ...more

January 29, 2009

Deputy Jim Powers circled the house, banging on windows and doors. He was trying to determine if anyone was home after a neighbor called authorities to say the homeowner hadn't picked up his paper from the driveway recently. ...more

January 22, 2009

ST. PETERSBURG Twenty-four mentally challenged people will have to find a new place to stay after a sprinkler system flooded their rooms on Christmas Day ...more

December 25, 2008

It's only Tuesday, but for some area residents that's not too early to get in line for the best Black Friday deals. ...more

November 25, 2008

My younger sister looked at me in horror when she heard about the demise of the bank IndyMac. ...more

November 2, 2008

Something was wrong. It was too quiet. I rolled over slightly in bed so I could make out the green digital numbers on the TV clock. It read 3:15 in the morning. I rolled a little more and saw the empty space next to me. The Frau wasn't there. That happens a lot during the school year, especially after she's spent half the night grading tests and the requisite 10 minutes hitting her head against the wall wondering what went wrong. ...more

September 17, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG – A family of six were sleeping in different beds Saturday night after the home they were renting caught fire in the afternoon. ...more

August 16, 2008

The money we keep in the bank is supposed to help us sleep at night, not cause nightmares. ...more

August 7, 2008