4:53 p.m.: Neither rain, nor snow, nor late arrival could keep four absentee ballots from reaching their destination Tuesday. ...more

November 4, 2008

After what seems like the longest campaign in history, voting day is finally here. ...more

November 4, 2008

As the ball rolled ever so slowly toward him, the only thing Evan Longoria knew for sure was that it wouldn't go foul. He didn't have many options, not with Eric Bruntlett of Philadelphia charging down the third base line hard toward the plate with the potential winning run. ...more

October 26, 2008

An improved forecast Friday indicated that the rain expected today could move out of the area in time for Game 3 of the World Series. ...more

October 25, 2008

Another week, another rainout. And, oh, by the way: another pole for Jimmie Johnson. ...more

October 25, 2008

Martinsville Speedway is the place where Jimmie Johnson started his four-race winning streak a year ago on his way to his second consecutive championship. ...more

October 19, 2008

CHRISTIANSTED, U.S. Virgin Islands — Forecasters say a weakening Omar has become a tropical storm again, far from land in the Atlantic Ocean. ...more

October 17, 2008

PLANT CITY Commissioners adopted an emergency ordinance Monday extending mandatory water restrictions ordered by the Southwest Florida Water Management District. ...more

October 16, 2008

What was left of short-lived Tropical Storm Nana has become just a mass of rain in the Atlantic Ocean far from Florida, but forecasters say another tropical depression could form today, this one hugging the coast of Central America. The National Hurricane Center ceased its advisories on Nana, saying the season's 14th storm is now merely an area of low pressure. ...more

October 14, 2008

As Tropical Storm Nana weakened today, another tropical depression formed in the Caribbean Sea and forecasters expect it to become the season's next hurricane. ...more

October 13, 2008