Timothy J. Holst, 61, who joined the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus as a Keystone Kops clown, rose to the role of singing ringmaster and ultimately became the talent czar, died April 16 in a hospital in Sao Paulo, Brazil, during a visit to sign up circus acts. ...more

April 24, 2009

On top of the world a few months ago, Brazilian race driver and "Dancing With The Stars" champ Helio Castroneves will face career ruin and possible jail time if he is convicted at a federal tax evasion trial that begins Monday with jury selection in Miami. ...more

March 2, 2009

The father of new Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton said racial abuse and other insults directed at his son and family led him to consider withdrawing the 23-year-old driver from the sport. ...more

November 5, 2008

ATLANTA (AP) - Minneapolis business manager Roque Rossetti plans to make his annual trip home to Sao Paulo, Brazil, for Christmas. The 35-year-old said the sagging economy gave him no second thoughts about shelling out $1,200 for the ticket. ...more

October 26, 2008

Members of the Pinellas and Hillsborough County visitors bureaus are headed to South America today for a joint sales mission in a collaborative step that proponents of more cooperative efforts are likely to applaud. ...more

October 15, 2008

A leading Human Rights Watch monitor who was abruptly put on the first plane leaving Venezuela early Friday said his expulsion shows the intolerance of President Hugo Chavez's government to criticism. ...more

September 20, 2008

University of South Florida freshman Maikon Bonani's would rather forget the first kick of his collegiate career. However, he will never forget the final kick from his first game. ...more

September 13, 2008

Even at 50, the queen of pop just can't help but court controversy. As Madonna kicked off her "Sticky and Sweet" tour Saturday night in Wales, she took a none-too-subtle swipe at the presumptive Republican nominee for U.S. president. ...more

August 24, 2008

The two tourism bureaus on either side of Tampa Bay are not historically known for working hand in hand to recruit visitors, but the pair are planning to team up in two South American countries. ...more

May 6, 2008

Heavily armed federal police swarmed an Amazon town and seized more than 500 truckloads of illegally cut hardwood that were confiscated but abandoned last week when rioting residents and loggers drove out environmental authorities. ...more

February 24, 2008