TAMPA - Celebrity addictions specialist Drew Pinsky – famous for his preppy attire, wire-rimmed glasses and scholarly answers to difficult questions – said he is willing to come to Tampa to advocate for fallen "American Idol" contestant Jessica Sierra. ...more

December 12, 2007

Baseball purists and civic-pride enthusiasts, take heart: It appears "Tampa Bay" will have a place on the Rays' redesigned uniforms - just not until 2009. ...more

November 16, 2007

In Southern California, where the Roman Catholic Church has agreed to pay victims of pedophile priests $660 million, the archdiocese is ordering nuns out of convents so the buildings can be sold to fund the out-of-court settlement. ...more

October 6, 2007

Pinellas County Administrator Steve Spratt, on tenuous political footing since he was mentioned in a grand jury report on a county land purchase, has resigned, effective Sept. 30. ...more

September 12, 2007

CLEARWATER - Pinellas County Administrator Steve Spratt, on tenuous political footing since he was mentioned in a grand jury report on a county land purchase, has resigned, effective Sept. 30. ...more

September 11, 2007