Members of an Internet-based group known as Anonymous gathered downtown Sunday to protest the Church of Scientology at its spiritual headquarters. ...more

February 11, 2008

CLEARWATER - Members of Anonymous, a Scientology protest group, marched around downtown Clearwater today holding anti-Scientology signs and wearing wigs, sunglasses, bandanas or hats to disguise their identities. ...more

February 10, 2008

City Councilwoman Celia Graham, who served during one of the most turbulent political times in Zephyrhills history, will not seek re-election, she said Tuesday. ...more

February 6, 2008

TAMPA - A new Quinnipiac University poll shows a statistical four-way dead heat in the Republican presidential primary in Florida, where Rudy Giuliani is making an all-out effort to win the state. ...more

January 14, 2008

Tens of thousands of Georgians protested the election victory of U.S.-allied President Mikhail Saakashvili on Sunday, claiming fraud and demanding a recount. ...more

January 14, 2008

Hong Kong must wait another 10 years to directly elect its own leader, China said Saturday, drawing protests from hundreds in the former British colony who said they were being cheated of the right to vote. ...more

December 30, 2007

It's about to happen again. Three states - Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina - that combined don't have as many electoral votes as Florida will have disproportionate influence in determining the next leader of the free world. ...more

December 23, 2007

St. Petersburg police arrested three protesters outside the CNN/YouTube presidential candidates' debate at Mahaffey Theater on Wednesday. ...more

November 29, 2007

ST. PETERSBURG - A card table was set up at First Street South and Fourth Avenue North, and a group of homeless and their advocates grabbed doughnuts from a dozen or so boxes on top. Next to the table sat Paul Wilkinson, 64, a former construction worker who lost his leg in a Miami shooting several years ago, the beginning of hard times leading to homelessness. Wilkinson came to the corner from his shelter at the St. Vincent de Paul Society to join the protest this morning. ...more

November 27, 2007

The Bay area's homeless have reached a partial compromise with the city of St. Petersburg. Instead of camping out in front of the Mahaffey Theater, they've moved across the street. ...more

November 27, 2007