Call The Waaaambulance Brian Blair wants his reputation back. And which reputation would that be, I wonder? The one he had when he got paid to deceive the public? Oh - let me clarify that. Of course I'm talking about his stint as a professional wrestler, not his term on the County Commission. Is the reputation he seeks to have restored the one he has as a litigant against a local restaurant, where he sought damages for a fall he took there? ... ...more

March 29, 2009

Jade Goody, a dental assistant turned reality-TV star whose whirlwind journey from poverty to celebrity to tragedy became a national soap opera in Britain, died of cervical cancer Sunday at age 27. ...more

March 23, 2009

In one week, Michelle Obama sat for a formal White House portrait, dressed in somber, tailored clothes; posed for a snazzy People magazine cover, dressed in a slightly down-market, hot-pink lace outfit that showed plenty of skin; let the national media know that the First Family would be getting its new puppy from a rescue shelter; and had her press office mention casually that "secretaries and policymakers" had been invited for popcorn and movies at the White House. ...more

March 15, 2009

Launching an all-out media blitz as his impeachment trial draws near, Gov. Rod Blagojevich compared himself Friday to an honest, hardworking cowboy and said he was about to be lynched by a band of black-hatted political insiders eager to raise taxes. ...more

January 24, 2009

Bettie Page, the 1950s secretary-turned-model whose controversial photographs in skimpy attire or none at all helped set the stage for the 1960s sexual revolution, died Thursday. She was 85. ...more

December 12, 2008

"The Last Lincolns: The Rise & Fall of a Great American Family," by Charles Lachman (Union Square Press, $24.95) ...more

November 2, 2008

and the quadrennial whine. ...more

August 24, 2008

and the quadrennial whine. ...more

August 24, 2008

The county commission on Tuesday appointed a 17-member "stakeholders" committee to revamp Pasco's land development regulations to make the codes more "user friendly." ...more

July 23, 2008

The county commission today appointed a 17-member stakeholders committee to revamp Pasco's land development regulations to make the codes more "user friendly." Some residents questioned, however, whether the panel, comprised mostly of developers, their attorneys and others in the building industry, would have the county's best interests in mind or if residents would be better watchdogs. "This is asking the foxes to guard the henhouse," said Richard Riley, a member of the grassroots rural protection group in northeast Pasco. "Each [of the members] may ...more

July 22, 2008