Nuclear impasses with Iran and North Korea are the dominant issues for Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on her trip to Europe and Asia, which began with a stop in Germany to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. ...more

November 9, 2009

The NFL isn't the only football league where the players aren't afraid to wear pink. Members of the Turkey Creek Trojans varsity and junior varsity teams and their cheerleaders are donning pink this month in support of breast cancer awareness. ...more

October 22, 2009

Sept. 11, 2001, is a day that should never be forgotten. ...more

September 11, 2009

Art was laced up with political statement as a gallery opened an exhibit with a paint-splattered fundraiser that featured a "shoe throw" at an image of President George W. Bush. ...more

January 6, 2009

Like me, many people will reduce their income to barely one third of the original upon retirement. It may be a health issue or just a choice that should be respected. After all, the law allows one to do that, after 65 years of age, with the return of one's Social Security contributions. ...more

December 1, 2008

Rallies by those who opposed Amendment 2, the so-called marriage-protection measure that won approval last week, will be held today in Tampa and St. Petersburg. ...more

November 15, 2008

TAMPA Rallies by those who opposed Amendment 2, the so-called marriage-protection measure that won approval last week, will be held Saturday in Tampa and St. Petersburg. Amendment 2 defines marriage as a legal union of a man and a woman and bans same-sex marriages. The measure won 62 percent of the vote in the Nov. 4 election, slightly more than the 60 percent required to amend the state constitution. ...more

November 14, 2008

Public speaks up for fowl. ...more

October 22, 2008

Leon Atkinson can keep his chickens after all. In a 90-minute debate Tuesday, Atkinson convinced county commissioners that his 55 fowl are not a threat to neighbors. They don't smell and they don't make noise, he said. ...more

October 22, 2008

A mild-mannered anti-apartheid activist on Thursday became the third president of South Africa since the end of white rule, vowing to foster unity in a country shaken by a power feud between its past and future leaders. ...more

September 26, 2008