Lauren Roth, 55, New Tampa Height: 5-foot-6 ...more

November 12, 2008

Up to 60 percent of homes selling in Florida's hardest-hit markets are distressed properties, and consumers who bought at the height of the market will have to wait up to seven years before values rise to their original prices, a top industry economist said Friday. ...more

November 8, 2008

TAMPA With Wednesday's announcement that Kansas State coach Ron Prince won't return in 2009, Coach Jim Leavitt made clear how grateful he was to be at the University of South Florida. ...more

November 5, 2008

It will be 35 years this week since President Richard Nixon, responding to an Arab oil embargo, vowed to make the United States energy independent - and do it in seven years. ...more

November 4, 2008

A university president temporarily will lead the state university system as a newly formed committee finds a permanent replacement for Chancellor Mark Rosenberg, who is planning a return to Florida International University in Miami. ...more

October 27, 2008

The nation's largest gathering of minority Ph.D. students is taking place through Sunday at the Tampa Waterside Marriott. More than 1,000 doctoral students and college faculty members have assembled to train, network and resolve a mounting challenge: the thin ranks of minority faculty nationwide. ...more

October 24, 2008

Like a lot of friends, Debra Medina and Leslie Barile often had we-ought-to start-a-business conversations during the seven years they worked together as counselors at Cotee River Elementary School. ...more

October 19, 2008

For the past seven years, Chris Dunne has owned the tropicanafield.com domain name. ...more

October 18, 2008

Wes Walz walked down the hallway toward the Lightning locker room Friday afternoon as someone playfully yelled in his direction, "Cut the cord!" ...more

October 18, 2008

PepsiCo Beverages tells the owner of the Web site name "tropicanafield.com" that his use of it could lead to legal action. ...more

October 17, 2008