ADULT COED KICKBALL: Registration will end Dec. 15 for Kickball Society's adult co-ed winter league, which plays in Tampa from the second week in January through March 7. For information, call (813) 454-1178 or visit www.kickballsociety.com. ...more

December 5, 2009

Sometimes we learn things that we wish we had not learned. Here are some of your thoughts this week: ...more

November 9, 2009

A Tampa woman who has been waiting more than two decades to hear that the killer of her parents is dead has finally gotten her wish. ...more

September 8, 2009

TAMPA – We stood around the booth early Tuesday where Darnell Dockett sat at Super Bowl media day, waiting for the right moment to ask about the tattoos that adorn his massive forearms. We waded through questions about the Arizona Cardinals' defense, about his days at Florida State, and all kinds of football stuff before someone finally asked, "Uh, what about the tattoos?" ...more

January 27, 2009

Apple Inc. co-founder and chief executive Steve Jobs said Wednesday he is taking a medical leave of absence until the end of June - just a week after the pancreatic cancer survivor tried to assure investors and employees his recent weight loss was simply caused by a treatable hormone deficiency. ...more

January 15, 2009

Mamie Ferlita Suszynski, who helped organize banquets in Ybor City and once sang for Vice President Harry S. Truman, died from pancreatic cancer Saturday. She was 86. ...more

October 27, 2008

As he battled pancreatic cancer, Harvey Waite encouraged his wife to continue her race for a fourth two-year term to the U.S. House of Representatives. ...more

August 20, 2008

LAND O' LAKES State Rep. Will Weatherford, R-Wesley Chapel has stepped in for Congresswoman Ginny Brown-Waite to emcee Wednesday's Fair Tax Town Hall meeting. The meeting will feature U.S. Rep. John Linder, R-Georgia. Brown-Waite will not attend because her husband, Harvey Waite, died Tuesday at their Brooksville home from pancreatic cancer. Today's town hall meeting will be held 2-3:30 p.m. at Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Church, Rosary Hall, 2348 Collier Parkway. At the event, attendees will be able to ask questions on tax reform, learn more about various reform measures pending in Congress and share their views. Linder is the author of the Fair Tax legislation, and the bestselling co-author of "The Fair Tax – Saying Goodbye to the Income Tax and the IRS." ...more

August 19, 2008

It's a dreaded disease. The fourth-highest cause of cancer deaths in the United States, it's usually portrayed as an unstoppable, incurable killer. It has struck some high-profile figures: Hollywood actor Patrick Swayze has been diagnosed with it. Opera star Luciano Pavarotti and former Ronald Reagan aide Michael Deaver died of it. So, too, on July 25, did Randy Pausch, the former Carnegie Mellon University computer science professor whose "last lecture" before a university audience became a YouTube sensation and a best-selling book. ...more

August 11, 2008

Being 25 pounds overweight doesn't appear to raise your risk of dying from cancer or heart disease, says a new government study that seems to vindicate Grandma's claim that a few extra pounds won't kill you. ...more

November 7, 2007