Our emotions are sundered this particular Veterans Day as Americans reconsider what is meant by pulling on the nation's uniform and volunteering to put one's self in harm's way to defend Mr. Jefferson's self-evident truths and Mr. Lincoln's proposition. ...more

November 11, 2009

Matt Joyce Sr. had been waiting all week for his son and namesake to be traded by the Detroit Tigers. First, there were rumors the 24-year-old Armwood High graduate might be headed to Pittsburgh. Then, Seattle. ...more

December 12, 2008

Bruce Robie was in the Florida Panhandle on business four years ago when he made a side trip to visit Cape St. George Lighthouse, knowing he might not get a chance to see it again. ...more

June 9, 2008

Rays LF Carl Crawford made a side trip to Birmingham, Ala., on his way to Boston on Tuesday to have his sore right knee evaluated by team medical director James Andrews. ...more

June 4, 2008

As it does about every two months, a 400-foot barge that hauled molten sulfur from Texas made a slight side trip Wednesday to The Florida Aquarium to disgorge 300,000 gallons of saltwater. ...more

April 10, 2008

As the federal case against two University of South Florida students moves forward in Tampa, the government is expected to reveal more of what investigators think the pair was up to on a Friday night in early August. ...more

September 8, 2007