A big hit Although Derek Jeter doesn't want his house to be seen, Austin DeFraties' costume will definitely grab people's attention. He is dressed as the Yankees captain with a privacy fence. A Yankees cap and shirt and a $2 plastic fence, and you are sure to be a hit on Halloween. ...more

October 31, 2009

Give blood On All Hallow's Eve, where can a vampire get the most blood for his buck? At Florida Blood Services, of course. ...more

October 30, 2009

One professor called it spiteful. Another said it was far-fetched. Those were the reactions Wednesday to U.S Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite's request that President Barack Obama get the permission of Congress before he accepts the Nobel Peace Prize. ...more

October 29, 2009

Since when is talking about hope good enough to win any kind of an award, let alone a Nobel Peace Prize? ...more

October 13, 2009

Costa Rican President Oscar Arias says he has swine flu and has been quarantined at home with a fever and sore throat. ...more

August 11, 2009

That font of wisdom, Homer Simpson, once called alcohol "The cause of -- and solution to -- all of life's problems!" ...more

July 30, 2009

A survey of 2,000 women found nearly 25 percent would rather win "America's Next Top Model" than the Nobel Peace Prize. ...more

March 25, 2009

Meet an inspirational man on a journey for non-violence. ...more

March 16, 2009

In 1964, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. won the Nobel Peace Prize, Cassius Clay became world heavyweight champion and Tampa Theatre still had a "whites only" admittance policy. ...more

January 28, 2009

The last time I had seen Checkpoint Charlie, the best known border crossing between what was then East and West Berlin, was in 1972. ...more

October 22, 2008