More home-schoolers banding together to expand the classroom beyond the living room. ...more

January 6, 2008

Regarding "Vets Euthanize Sickly Whale" (Metro, Jan. 2): Scientists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration recently tried to save an ailing sperm whale that was found near the mouth of Tampa Bay. The whale was towed to shore, and reportedly will be buried. ...more

January 4, 2008

Regarding "School Board OKs Speaker's Hiring" (Metro, Dec. 19): The Hillsborough County School Board will spend $25,000 for an etiquette consultant to speak about manners to a small number of male students at two schools. This sum, I understand, will be in addition to more than $40,000 this particular consultant has previously received from the school board budget for like services. ...more

January 4, 2008

The first blast of cold weather starts rolling in today as a mass of frigid air heads across Florida. ...more

January 1, 2008

Tampa-based Metro Development Group said Monday it has purchased 1,000 homesites from M/I Homes at the Cypress Creek subdivision in southern Hillsborough County. ...more

December 31, 2007

So property taxes didn't "drop like a rock." But there is an amendment on the ballot for January. ...more

December 30, 2007

Regarding "Official: Few At FSU Cheated" (Metro, Dec. 20): Something must be wrong with me. I can't seem to get excited about the news that some athlete-students at Florida State University cheated on an online music history course. Why an athlete needs to know anything about music history in the first place baffles me. Why not just let athletes be athletes, music students can study music history, and the other students can study subjects relevant to their major? After all, the athletes are only there to provide entertainment for the alumni, make money for the school, and allow the coaches to live the high life with their huge salaries. The athletes are not there to impress anyone with their musical knowledge. ...more

December 26, 2007

The minarets of Plant Hall have sparkled on the skyline for more than a century. ...more

December 19, 2007

Regarding "South Bay Gets OK To Move To Riverview" (Metro, Dec. 13): It appears that someone on the Agency of Health Care Administration had their hand out. ...more

December 18, 2007

The rain started falling early Sunday, followed by heavy thunderstorms. As it moved east across Pasco County, the storm spawned a tornado that downed trees and power lines and damaged the county jail off U.S. 41 in Land O' Lakes. ...more

December 16, 2007