Christmas shopping is not fun anymore. I used to love it. We'd make our lists and at 9 a.m. or 2 p.m. or some other decent hour (not 4 a.m.) we'd get bundled up in coats and boots and mittens, drive downtown (no, not to the mall), and walk from store to store along snow-covered sidewalks. We'd buy gifts until we couldn't possibly carry any more, then we'd meet back at the car to stow them in the trunk and head out to buy some more. ...more

November 29, 2009

The Pasco County Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's help identifying a man it believes robbed two west Pasco drugstores Tuesday. ...more

April 29, 2009

Hours after the teenager was taken into custody on charges he tried to kill an undercover police officer, the family of James A. Seay came to his defense this morning, saying the allegations were out of character for him. ...more

January 27, 2009

Close your eyes, reach into your wallet and try to distinguish between a $1 bill and a $5 bill. Impossible? It's also discriminatory, a federal appeals court says. ...more

May 21, 2008

Leon Davis Jr., accused of killing four people in two separate incidents and shooting another, was formally charged today in the shooting deaths of two gas station workers in Lake Alfred. ...more

December 26, 2007

A gunman in camouflage and wielding a rifle opened fire in an Omaha mall crowded with holiday shoppers Wednesday, killing eight people and wounding five others, before turning the gun on himself. ...more

December 6, 2007

Santa has a new list to check twice this year, and it's full of recalls. ...more

November 22, 2007

TAMPA - Santa has a new list to check twice this year, and it's full of recalls. The 2007 holiday shopping season starts before dawn Friday, with more anxiety than ever. Adding to the pressure of finding the gifts that holiday memories are made of, parents are increasingly concerned about safety — especially of toys made in China. They worry that this year's must-haves will end up on the government's rapidly growing list of recalled toys. ...more

November 21, 2007