Durant High entered the second half of the basketball season with confidence, backed by a dramatic victory in the Jesuit Invitational before Christmas. ...more

January 6, 2010

President Barack Obama's chief economic advisers said Sunday that putting Americans back to work is the first order of business in working the country out of the deepest economic downturn in six decades. Only then can they start tackling the soaring federal debt. ...more

December 13, 2009

Bubble trouble? It's that time of year. With conference tournaments approaching and the NCAA Tournament's 65-team field being unveiled on March 15, there's growing clarity at the top. Oklahoma, North Carolina, Pittsburgh and Connecticut are looking good for No. 1 seeds. ...more

February 21, 2009

Steve Moran, who joined Keller Williams Realty in Valrico as an agent and partner during the downturn, said there is enough business out there to go around, but agents have to work harder to get it. ...more

February 11, 2009

Life is good, Magnum's constantly wagging tail seems to say. To that end, the irrepressible 6-year-old beagle appears to have a way of attracting just the right people. A number of animal lovers recently joined forces to give the limping beagle not only love but also the latest high-tech medical treatment to set him on the road to a good life. ...more

February 6, 2009

Life is good, Magnum's constantly wagging tail seems to say. To that end, the irrepressible 6-year-old beagle appears to have a way of attracting just the right people. A number of animal lovers recently joined forces to give the limping beagle not only love but also the latest high-tech medical treatment to set him on the road to a good life. ...more

January 14, 2009

The Gryphons won 63-47, pulling away from the Mustangs midway through the third quarter. ...more

January 9, 2009

With the economy teetering and thousands of Floridians and other Americans losing their jobs, three Tampa Bay members of Congress say they would vote to give up their automatic $4,700 pay raise next year. ...more

December 24, 2008

NAFTA and the sweetheart deal given to China and India must be canceled, otherwise the American worker and the financial stability of this nation will never recover. China's population is about six times the population of the United States, as is India's. The wage scale in both China and India is almost that of a shoe shine boy. The different wage scales in past history has required tariffs so as not to destroy the economies of all nations. Tariff is not a dirty word. It has been used to correct disparities in wages for thousands of years. ...more

December 14, 2008

City Councilman Manny Funes' first order of business: giving away money. ...more

November 26, 2008