Criticized for moving slowly to take advantage of a native son's election to the presidency, the Hawaii Visitors and Convention Bureau has unveiled a Web site listing some of the spots President-elect Barack Obama has visited as an adult. ...more

December 7, 2008

Rules that govern what items of remembrance can adorn gravesites - particularly graves of veterans - may be amended, thanks to an argument over flags around the burial plot of a native son killed in Iraq. ...more

November 15, 2008

U.S. captain Paul Azinger sprinted up the stairs to the clubhouse balcony and grabbed the biggest bottle of champagne he could find to join an American celebration he felt was a long time coming in the Ryder Cup. ...more

September 22, 2008

Like a religious relic, the heart of composer Frederic Chopin rests in a Warsaw church, untouched since it was preserved in alcohol after his death in 1849 at age 39. ...more

July 26, 2008

When is a bookstore worth a tourist's time? When it is more than a place to buy books. ...more

January 18, 2008

It's heartwarming to know that a memorial marker was placed on the crash site in the Philippines in honor of Highlands County's most decorated war hero. That hallowed spot is worth remembering, considering the incredible acts of bravery Maj. Thomas McGuire demonstrated during World War II. McGuire, who earned the Congressional Medal of Honor for his heroics is honored here in Highlands County, were he was born and raised. Medal of Honor Park reminds all of us that a native son did his hometown and nation proud. Charles Martin is the man responsible for the marker at McGuire's plane crash site. He also is a Sebring native who wrote a book on McGuire titled "The Last Great Ace." Parts of the wreckage were still there, according to Martin who was there for the dedication. Martin now lives in Jacksonville. ...more

January 18, 2008

Republican rivals Mitt Romney and John McCain both promised to revive recession-ravaged Michigan and the auto industry Monday as they campaigned in a presidential primary neither can afford to lose. ...more

January 15, 2008

The year was a busy one for Plant City. It was a year of losses and triumphs, of celebration and sacrifice. ...more

December 29, 2007

Jack Espinosa's eyes bug out, his face puckers, his mouth twists manically and he explodes - spewing curses, hopping like a toad and tossing his arms forward, as if scooping sand from between his knees. ...more

December 20, 2007

Former motorcycle stuntman Evel Knievel, who was remembered after his death Friday as Montana's native son who kept ties to his hometown of Butte, will be eulogized at a funeral in his hometown. ...more

December 2, 2007