On the wall of the Israeli government press office in Jerusalem is a stack of sticky notes pasted one on top of the other with 10,048 scrawled on the top. That is the number of Palestinian rockets and mortar shells fired into Israel from Gaza since 2001. ...more

January 4, 2009

SEBRING Intermittent plumes of smoke visible in northern Highlands County on Thursday and Friday were from controlled burns, the Division of Forestry reports. ...more

September 26, 2008

Fall arrives today, or so the calendar says. It may mean something to the rest of the country, but in Florida, where the peak of the sultry hurricane season passed less than two weeks ago, summer drags on. ...more

September 22, 2008

It doesn't matter if you're going to the game or if you're watching it at home. Tailgating is serious business. ...more

August 27, 2008

Talk about your cosmic pileups. An asteroid similar to the one that flattened forests in Siberia in 1908 could plow into Mars in the next few weeks, scientists said. ...more

December 23, 2007

There are a lot of well-chronicled reasons to go to the Tampa Theatre. I found two more recently. ...more

November 5, 2007

Thousands of Haitians sought shelter in schoolhouses Saturday as the death toll from Tropical Storm Noel rose to 143 across the Caribbean. ...more

November 4, 2007

A shadowy leftist rebel group claimed responsibility for six explosions that affected a dozen Mexican gas and oil pipelines Monday, sending flames towering into the sky and forcing the evacuation of thousands. ...more

September 11, 2007