Despite plenty of stories about the mishaps and injuries associated with Nintendo's Wii video game console, it is possible to love the game and not get hurt. ...more

February 7, 2009

Apollo Beach Elementary, 501 Apollo Beach Blvd., will host its Spooky Story Night from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday. Besides the spooky storytelling, the Dolphin Dad's will be selling "meal deals," which includes hamburgers, hot dogs, chips and a soda, for a modest fee. ...more

October 24, 2008

Suresh Joachim (YOH'-kum), of Toronto, and Claudia Wavra (wahv-RA'), of Germany, claim to have broken the world record for continuous movie watching, after seeing 57 films in 123 hours in a plexi-glass house in Times Square. ...more

October 8, 2008

Keeping a hand or foot pressed against a 12-foot Hannah Montana statue may not be your idea of a good time, but for contestants trying to win tickets to a sold-out concert, it's the least they can do for their children. ...more

November 9, 2007

TAMPA - Twenty contestants are touching a 12-foot Hannah Montana statue to prove how much they love the singer … er … their children, as part of a radio station contest. ...more

November 8, 2007

Every morning, a hired car picks up Margie Conner at her north Lakeland home and drives her 20 or so miles to Bartow and the school district transportation center. A round trip can cost more than $50. ...more

October 25, 2007

Every morning, a hired car picks up Margie Conner at her north Lakeland home and drives her 20 or so miles to Bartow and the school district transportation center. A round trip can cost more than $50. Once there, the 58-year-old school bus driver reports to a guard shack, where she sits alone doing nothing for nearly six hours – at $11 an hour. Sometimes she reads a book. She gets two 15 minute breaks and uses the bathroom at the main office. At the end of the day, another hired car takes her home. All this is paid for by Polk County taxpayers, roughly $1,700 so far. ...more

October 24, 2007