Police Chief Russell Barnes resigned this morning, effectively immediately. ...more

August 19, 2008

Despite supporters' claims that the competition is biased against it, Boeing got what it wanted from newly released Pentagon guidelines for a $35 billion Air Force tanker contract, according to the chief executive of rival bidder Northrop Grumman. ...more

August 15, 2008

One little girl had the looks. The other had the voice. So, in a last-minute move demanded by one of China's highest officials, the two were put together for the Olympic Opening Ceremony, with one lip-synching "Ode to the Motherland" over the other's singing. ...more

August 13, 2008

It's sometimes difficult to prepare for a phone interview with a member of a band I don't like. That part of me I need to repress for obvious reasons wants to ask: ...more

August 8, 2008

A landmark hardware store will bite the dust, yet the latest economic victim from the housing market collapse. ...more

July 27, 2008

Broncos receiver Rod Smith is planning to hold a news conference today amid published reports he will retire. ...more

July 24, 2008

An 18-year-old Plant City High School graduate was first runner-up in the recent Miss Florida USA pageant in Hollywood. ...more

July 23, 2008

A landmark hardware store will bite the dust, yet the latest economic victim from the housing market collapse. ...more

July 19, 2008

Grammy-winning singer Natalie Cole has been diagnosed with hepatitis C, her publicist said in a statement Wednesday. ...more

July 17, 2008

TAMPA —Rapper Q-Tip will perform on Rock the Bells (www.guerillaunion.com/rockthebells) hip-hop music tour which stops in Miami on Aug. 2. ...more

July 15, 2008