A recent column by Leonard Pitts was scurrilous to say the least. Objecting to a slew of blogs on the Internet he asks, "What about Muslim-Americans who fight for us?" "At this writing" he says of the Fort Hood massacre, "we know next to nothing." ...more

November 20, 2009

There were moments during Saturday's Class 5A-Region 2 championship when the Newsome volleyball team could have folded. ...more

November 15, 2009

The Obama administration is delaying by a week its release of an internal CIA report on the agency's Bush-era secret detention and interrogation program. ...more

June 20, 2009

Pasco starting pitcher Colena Lazar tossed her fourth shutout of the season as the Pirates defeated Land O' Lakes, 6-0. Lazar gave up six hits and struck out nine in what had been a highly anticipated matchup. ...more

March 28, 2009

Saturday's Tampa Bay Basketball Coaches Association All-Star Game hosted by Tampa Prep had everything anyone would expect from two teams made up of the county's top high-flying, 3-draining, ball-handling seniors. It had a slew of dunks - gloriously made and missed - 3-pointers, steals and alley-oops. ...more

March 15, 2009

A Gasparilla Distance Classic legend who died last month at the age of 92 will be remembered today by friends walking the 5K in her honor. ...more

February 28, 2009

Not signed up for next weekend's Gasparilla Distance Classic but still want a good dose of health and fitness? ...more

February 21, 2009

Batman has had a slew of enemies over the years - The Joker, The Riddler, Catwoman - but in Ybor City last year, he added a new nemesis: Tampa police. ...more

January 25, 2009

Batman has had a slew of enemies over the years – The Joker, The Riddler, Catwoman – but in Ybor City last year, he added a new nemesis: Tampa police. Ybor City's version of the Caped Crusader –his real name is Walsh Ian Nichols – was sitting on a curb eating sushi on Oct. 21 when an officer arrested him for wearing a mask on a public street. Nichols, 21, failed to use a batarang or fancy equipment to escape the officer. Now he is fighting back in court. His lawyer has filed a motion to dismiss, which will be heard next month. ...more

January 23, 2009

Upper Tampa Bay Regional Library is celebrating its fourth anniversary Jan. 10. ...more

December 31, 2008