Megan Biretz, 17, never had an easy life. Her single mom struggled to support her while battling cervical cancer, then complications. Family demons - alcoholism, drugs and mental illness - hovered over the household with three adults and one child. Then, in two short days in early March, even that precarious family life vanished. ...more

March 29, 2009

TAMPA While Tina Hunter Greene was thrilled to get on CBS' "The Amazing Race," the Tampa executive says she had doubts about exposing her personal life on national television. ...more

September 27, 2008

American Stage Theatre Company is trying something new that might go easier on the pocketbooks of theater buffs, as well as raise extra money for the company. ...more

September 21, 2008

Seemingly chastened, seemingly at peace with himself, former Rays outfielder Elijah Dukes said all the right things Wednesday in his first public comments since he was traded to the Washington Nationals. ...more

February 21, 2008

The Hallmark movies are as soft and heartwarming as ... as ... uh, as a Hallmark greeting card? ...more

January 25, 2008

Author and home-schooling advocate David Albert will speak from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday at The Pavilion at Spirit of Life, 18412 Burrell Road, north of Tarpon Springs Road in northwest Hillsborough County. ...more

November 1, 2007