The decision to spend a 2008 second-round draft pick on wide receiver/return man Dexter Jackson has always been considered controversial. Now it can be defined by another word: mistake. ...more

August 31, 2009

Gary Sheffield is trying something new as he enters his 21st season in the majors: He wants to cut back on controversial remarks. ...more

February 17, 2009

When India.Arie debuted in 2001 with "Acoustic Soul," a CD brimming with messages about self-worth, inner-beauty and positivity, she was seen by many as a strong, self-assured musician who was impervious to the more vain and superficial pitfalls of celebrity. ...more

February 15, 2009

Airplanes approaching St. Petersburg-Clearwater International Airport at night can now fly over Old Tampa Bay instead of residential neighborhoods north of the airport. ...more

February 3, 2009

War in the Gaza Strip demonstrates yet again that the current governance paradigm for the Palestinian people has failed. Terrorists financed and supplied by Iran control Gaza; the Palestinian Authority is broken, probably irretrievably; and economic development is stalled in Gaza and the West Bank. Palestinians are suffering the consequences of regional power struggles played out through them as surrogates. ...more

January 7, 2009

Cells taken from men's testicles seem as versatile as the stem cells derived from embryos, researchers reported Wednesday in what may be yet another new approach in a burgeoning scientific field. ...more

October 9, 2008

The first day of school meant changes for some of Hillsborough County's struggling sites. ...more

August 19, 2008

Capital Pawn, which caters to an upscale clientele, hopes a new approach will have its customers coming back to do business. ...more

January 5, 2008

A few weeks ago, less than 12 hours after the Bucs clinched the NFC South and a playoff berth, the guard in the booth at One Buc Place saw solitary headlights approach. It was 3:30 a.m. He did not call for backup. ...more

December 29, 2007

SEBRING — The Highlands County Sheriff's Office resumed its search at the county landfill Thursday morning for a discarded baby. Investigators were in their third day of searching the landfill for a possible fetus or full-term baby thrown out by a 24-year-old Lake Placid woman after she had it about 1 a.m. Friday in her home. Sheriff Susan Benton said about 9 a.m. Thursday that deputies were having a briefing on the case and establishing a work order for the day. Fresh cadaver search dogs from other counties are arriving to aid in the search, she said. By 11:30 a.m. investigators were regrouping and "taking a new approach," Benton said. "They're going to be moving the garbage to a clean area to be going through it by hand." Benton said at the very least it is a misdemeanor to dispose of human remains in this manner, however it could range from a misdemeanor to a felony, depending on what is found. ...more

November 29, 2007