Sarasota's 24-hour cable television news channel will resume operation at 5 p.m. Thursday, station owner and general manager Linda DesMarais said. SNN, launched by the Sarasota Herald-Tribune in 1995, went off the air in January after an attempt to sell the news operation to DesMarais and other investors fell through. A key investor backed out, but DesMarais, her husband, Douglas Barker, and other investors in LDB Media LLC have negotiated the purchase, which should close this week. ...more

February 25, 2009

It's a familiar pattern: When Republicans win dramatic victories, as they did in 1994 or 2004, we are told that the election results prove the country has "moved to the right." When Democrats win, however, we are told that the election revealed no ideological shift whatsoever or even that the public was somehow rejecting progressive ideology as it voted for progressive candidates. ...more

November 16, 2008

After nine days of missing our dog, Buster has finally returned home safely, and we couldn't be happier. We would like to express our deep appreciation for everyone who took time out of their busy lives to look for him, spread the word of his disappearance, or just simply showed concern. When Buster first went missing last Friday, we went out and told everyone we could about our plight. We were extremely overjoyed and delighted with the way our community rallied around us with overwhelming support. Special thanks go out to all residents of Sun 'n Lake of Sebring, especially those of: Woods and Irons and Deer Run, The News-Sun, Heartland Association of Realtors, Dog Designs by Dana, Tony Gonzalez, The Ross', Highlands County Animal Control, all employees of Exit Realty All Stars, all fellow Realtors, Sun 'n Lake security, Highlands County Sheriff's Office, 105.7 FM, Daniel Barber, Reliable Sanitation, UPS, The Sun 'n Lake Golf Association, Lindsey Young and Sammuel and Terry Varis. Again thank you so very much as we couldn't have found Buster without everyone's help. ...more

January 25, 2008

GREENSBORO, N.C. — The Atlantic Coast Conference football championship game is coming to Tampa. Raymond James Stadium will host ACC Championship Games in 2008 and '09, ACC commissioner John Swofford announced today. ...more

December 12, 2007

Thanks for reporting the serious problems facing our state universities, their students and Florida's economy ('U.S. News' Latest Reports Shows State's Universities Are Slipping,' Our Opinion, Aug. 25). In a nutshell, our state universities are overcrowded (Florida has five of the nations 15 largest universities), increasingly under-funded, and as you have noted, slipping in the quality of the education provided to their students who are increasingly packed into excessively large classes with graduate assistants and part-time instructors replacing more qualified professors, a shortage of academic advisers and increased time required for graduation. All of this casts a long shadow on the quality of the education that we provide our students, the economic future of our state, and is deeply disappointing to all of us who have worked over the years to provide our state and its students with a superior state university system and a stronger state economy. ...more

September 12, 2007