"Powerhouse Principles: The Billionaire Blueprint for Real Estate Success" by Jorge Perez (Celebra, $23.95) ...more

May 18, 2008

Leaving a fight not worth fighting is not cowardice. We wish Hillary Clinton would understand that. Her prolonged standoff with Barack Obama –– in what must be the most exhausting primary race for the candidates and the voters –– is counterproductive for her party and for herself. Her refusal to give in, despite dwindling campaign funds and support within top party leaders, only accentuates her power-hungry image among certain people. ...more

May 12, 2008

Dioner Navarro realizes there were times last season when he came to the plate in a key situation that even those in his own dugout didn't expect much from him. ...more

May 8, 2008

A study published last month by a University of Chicago sociologist concluded that senior citizens make for the happiest Americans, with more socially active seniors being the happiest of them. A Highlands Today reporter went out and told several seniors and one recently-retired baby boomer about the study. Then he asked whether they were content with their lives, and what they thought of the study. ...more

May 4, 2008

About 10,000 volunteers have undergone laser beam zapping to measure their actual shape as part of a pioneering project for Spanish designers to make clothes that fit real women, officials said Thursday. ...more

February 8, 2008

the coach's no-news conference to announce he isn't going anywhere. ...more

January 22, 2008

Police used tear gas, water cannons and batons Thursday to block thousands of people from protesting Kenya's disputed election amid a political deadlock between the president and his chief rival. ...more

January 4, 2008

The world's perception of China as a major global power is growing, with many people thinking it will rival the United States in influence by 2020, according to a major survey released this week. ...more

December 15, 2007

Former baseball player Chick Benetto has a broken life, spiraling out of control and fueled by alcoholism. His only daughter didn't invite him to her wedding, and now Chick harbors a growing determination to take his own life. ...more

December 9, 2007

Westchase's two community development districts agreed to spend up to $90,000 to help install better-looking traffic calming measures along Countryway Boulevard. ...more

December 8, 2007