To discourage prying eyes, New York Yankees star Derek Jeter wants to put up a privacy fence in front of his new 31,000-square-foot mansion on Davis Islands. ...more

August 5, 2009

"I'll tell you what I think of bicycling. I think it has done more to emancipate women than any one thing in the world. I rejoice every time I see a woman ride by on a bike. It gives her a feeling of self-reliance and independence the moment she takes her seat; and away she goes, the picture of untrammeled womanhood." ...more

July 30, 2008

TOWN 'N COUNTRY - Swimmers will have the option of wearing nothing at all at the Arbors at Branch Creek, a complex of 390 homes that landed on the idea to help move units in a down market. ...more

June 18, 2008

COUNTRYWAY -- Swimmers will have the option of wearing nothing at all at the Arbors at Branch Creek, a complex of 390 homes that landed on the idea to help move units in a down market. One pool is being set aside for nude swimmers, sunbathers and hot tubbers, said Christine Pirkle, director of sales with the Web site for the project's developers. ...more

June 17, 2008

Measuring leadership in a baseball clubhouse is a tricky endeavor. ...more

December 2, 2007

The great hedge debate is over. Or is it? Jim Shanklin, who has waged a nearly four-year battle against the city to defend what he says is his constitutional right to keep his front yard hedges as tall as he wants, has been ordered by a judge to comply with the city's hedge-height limit. ...more

October 20, 2007

ST. PETERSBURG - The great hedge debate is over. Or is it? Jim Shanklin, who has waged a nearly four-year battle against the city to defend what he says is his constitutional right to keep his front yard hedges as tall as he wants, has been ordered by a judge to comply with the city's hedge-height limit. Yet Shanklin still may end up keeping his too-tall hedges, or at least the appearance of them. ...more

October 19, 2007

Immediately after the final point fell to the floor Thursday night, Land O' Lakes coach Michelle Griffin led her team into the hallway of the Jim Valentine Athletic Complex. ...more

October 6, 2007