A former (maybe) pack rat discovers the transformative power of a good cleaning out. ...more

July 2, 2008

In his first major economic speech since becoming president, Dmitri A. Medvedev said Saturday that the world might be in the throes of the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, and that a newly revived Russia could offer solutions to a systemic crisis that underscored the United States' economic shortcomings. ...more

June 8, 2008

Those who knew Duke Gray described his life as one marked by kindness and compassion. ...more

May 21, 2008

Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite is not only the lead House Republican co-sponsor of a new G.I. bill to expand education benefits to cover the costs of even the most expensive state universities for Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans. ...more

May 18, 2008

OPPOSES TAX HIKE TO FUND 'BROKEN PROMISE' TO VETS ...more

May 17, 2008

Irvine Robbins, 90, co-founder of Baskin-Robbins whose penchant for creating unusual ice-cream flavors helped push post-World War II America far beyond its chocolate-vanilla-strawberry tastes, died Monday in Rancho Mirage, Calif. ...more

May 7, 2008

Ray Webb was an idea man. Remembered by friends as gregarious and unapologetically outspoken, Webb was a former owner of the Dade City Banner newspaper and radio station WDCF. He also was instrumental in bringing Pasco-Hernando Community College to the area. ...more

April 24, 2008

1. STARS: They might only be at the top for a week, but Detroit looks awfully vulnerable all of a sudden. ...more

February 24, 2008

In reviewing our concern about WMDs, particularly nukes in the hands first of Saddam and now Iran, the thing that is principally overlooked is the bellicose posture between these two countries for the last decade. Under Saddam, Iraq decided to go to war against Iran, largely with U.S. help and encouragement. Although the Israelis had taken out Iraq's nuclear capabilities with a surgical air strike in 1981, both Iran and Iraq felt the need to menace each other with the potential threat of nuclear weaponry. ...more

February 17, 2008

The top of the District 5A-7 field is tightening by the day, but Tuesday night the Ridgewood Rams claimed their stake as the grouping's top seed come tournament time with an 83-76 dismantling of Wesley Chapel. ...more

January 15, 2008