As a child in the 1940s, trains were an integral part of Ellen Brown's life. She lived in a small town in the Catskills, so the comings and goings of the passenger trains appealed to her childhood curiosity. ...more

December 5, 2007

More than half of office workers with Internet access will shop for gifts from work this holiday season, according to a recent survey. ...more

December 3, 2007

SEBRING — Tina Harshman started her Monday morning bright and early by turning on her computer and buying some Christmas gifts online. Cyber Monday, as retailers have tagged the Monday after Thanksgiving, is the busiest day of the year for online shopping. According to a survey for Shop.org, an online arm of the National Retail Federation, 72 million consumers were planning to shop online from home or at work on Cyber Monday, and sales were expected to exceed $700 million. A number of retailers even hosted special sales or offers for the occasion. Harshman found good deals on gifts for her kids at Web sites for Toys "R" Us and Gymboree. ...more

November 27, 2007

An infantryman charges a pillbox in the face of enemy fire. A firefighter rushes up the stairwell of a burning skyscraper as office workers flee. A teacher shields her student from a schoolyard gunman with her body. ...more

November 11, 2007

SARASOTA COUNTY - Bay Haven School of Basics Plus was deluged with angry phone calls today after talk show host Rush Limbaugh told a national audience that the school was honoring conscientious objectors on Veterans Day. ...more

November 8, 2007

About 70 University of South Florida students crowded the courtyard of the administration building Tuesday seeking more student money for campus security. ...more

October 17, 2007

Office workers and downtown dwellers, grab some popcorn and a blanket. A regular movie night could soon come to a downtown park in Tampa. ...more

October 4, 2007