Move over Howl-O-Scream. The production might be smaller, but the organizers of Cork Knights of Screams 5 feel they can hold their own against Busch Garden's premiere Halloween fright night. ...more

October 28, 2009

Strategy in chess leads to strategies in life. So every student at Academy Prep of Tampa Bay is taught the board game where two players do battle, trading off pawns, rooks, knights, bishops and an all-powerful queen to protect their kings. "Kids can think deeper after playing chess," said Ted McNair, who began teaching chess skills at Academy Prep when the school opened six years ago at 1207 E. Columbus Drive. That can mean better grades in English, science, even reading, McNair said. Students hooked on the game tend to focus on fun and competition. ...more

January 21, 2009

Gas prices have dropped by more than $1 per gallon in the last month, but motorists are not feeling any richer just yet. ...more

October 27, 2008

An expelled 16-year-old student entered a Christian high school during a chapel service Tuesday and put a pellet gun to the pastor's head before he was tackled by the principal and arrested, officials said. ...more

September 24, 2008

She assumed it was a mannequin. It wasn't. It was a body, a woman's body. There also was a man's body she didn't see. ...more

February 23, 2008

Sherry O'Brien was one of the first people to stumble upon two bodies this morning that were found in a burned-out Ford Expedition parked in a delivery alley behind a shopping center. ...more

February 22, 2008

Now Mike Nolan knows how it feels to be stymied and stifled by that Baltimore Ravens defense he used to run. ...more

October 8, 2007

Derek Anderson threw two touchdown passes and Jamal Lewis ran for one against his former team as Cleveland beat Baltimore 27-13 on Sunday. ...more

October 1, 2007