The United States and Russia set a newly ambitious course for global cooperation Wednesday as presidents Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev ordered negotiators into immediate action on a treaty to further reduce nuclear weapons. ...more

April 1, 2009

Barack Obama said he's as hopeful as ever about the future of the U.S. as thousands of Americans converged on Washington's Lincoln Memorial for a free concert to celebrate his inauguration as the first black president. ...more

January 18, 2009

Brawling South Korean lawmakers tried to sledgehammer their way into a parliamentary meeting room barricaded by the ruling party as the National Assembly descended into chaos Thursday over a free trade agreement with the United States. ...more

December 18, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - In an effort to more swiftly conclude stalled contract negotiations, United School Employees of Pasco wants the school board to bring in a mediator. ...more

November 5, 2008

In an effort to more swiftly conclude stalled contract negotiations, United School Employees of Pasco wants the school board to consider bringing in a mediator. The union had already declared an impasse in the negotiations, setting in motion a process in which a special magistrate would hold a hearing. Lynne Webb, though, told the school board Tuesday that mediation might be a better route to go because it would be less costly than the impasse process and the differences between the school district and the union could be concluded more quickly. ...more

November 4, 2008

Robert Temple let his girlfriend go to her out-of-state family reunion with a caveat: If she didn't return to their travel trailer in Northern California, he would kill himself and their autistic daughter, Pinellas sheriff's authorities said. ...more

September 11, 2008

When the Great War comes, said old Bismarck, it will come out of "some damn fool thing in the Balkans." ...more

February 25, 2008

ST. PETE BEACH - A break in a 4-inch water main was found about noon today, setting in motion a 48-hour mandatory boil-water edict for some Pinellas County Utilities customers. ...more

February 13, 2008