It's a phrase flying liberally from the mouths of nightly news broadcasters and politicians alike: We're in the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. ...more

March 1, 2009

A new photograph released Friday shows Fidel Castro looking less gaunt than in an image two months ago, but the ailing Cuban leader said he doubts he'll make it to the end of Barack Obama's four-year term. ...more

January 24, 2009

Thanksgiving 2008 might seem like a good time to join Scrooge's "Bah Humbug" choir. ...more

November 27, 2008

Mornings and evenings, Allie, my retired racing greyhound, and I walk. It's a nice little neighborhood. The oaks are big enough now to shade the sidewalks and attract cadres of squirrels. Kids weave around the quiet streets on bikes and skateboards. Families like to picnic on the weekends in the park where the little ones can swing, and the older ones can play ball on the nearby diamond. ...more

September 14, 2008

Michael Douglas has a new role on TV five nights a week. NBC chose the 63-year-old actor-producer as the announcer to introduce Brian Williams on the "Nightly News" each night. His recorded introduction was first heard last week. ...more

December 27, 2007

TAMPA - No one warns you in advance about the day your life is going to fall apart. ...more

November 3, 2007