As we get ready to enter the next decade of the 21st Century, it is time to once again boldly go where no one has gone before. Doing so would revive the country's psyche and provide jobs for U.S. workers. Washington must announce a goal of sending a manned spacecraft to Mars by 2020. ...more

November 28, 2009

A family spokesman says Eunice Kennedy Shriver is in critical condition at a Massachusetts hospital. ...more

August 7, 2009

Famed CBS News anchor Walter Cronkite dies at 92, known as 'most trusted man in America' ...more

July 17, 2009

To a nation reeling from recession and facing long-festering problems, President Barack Obama has a simple reminder: "We are not quitters." ...more

February 25, 2009

Barack Obama is enjoying about a two-thirds approval rating for his first days as president, a poll released Saturday found. ...more

January 24, 2009

Democratic Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand emerged as a leading contender Thursday night as New York Gov. David Paterson closed in on a decision to fill the state's vacant Senate seat, according to party officials monitoring events in the wake of Caroline Kennedy's abrupt withdrawal from consideration. ...more

January 23, 2009

Caroline Kennedy's mysteriously abrupt decision to abandon her Senate bid gave rise to an ugly swirl of accusations Thursday and feverish speculation over whether she jumped or was pushed. ...more

January 22, 2009

Jan. 20 marks the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th president of the United States. And the first time in U.S. history a black president will be sworn into office. With Inauguration Day only weeks away, Tampa residents are preparing for the trip of a lifetime. Here, they share their reasons for wanting to trek to the nation's capital. ...more

January 2, 2009

Get a glimpse of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, better known as the Freedom March, while checking out "And Freedom For All," a photo exhibit opening Jan. 20 at the Hillsborough Community College Dale Mabry Art Gallery. ...more

December 30, 2008

Key moments in Cuba's past 50 years: ...more

December 20, 2008