Mercurial outfielder Milton Bradley was traded to the Seattle Mariners from the Chicago Cubs on Friday for expensive and underperforming pitcher Carlos Silva. ...more

December 19, 2009

Within the next two weeks, we'll know whether Antonio Bryant is the NFL's Comeback Player of the Year. ...more

December 26, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - Djuke vom Vilstaler Land lounges in his parlor, half submerged in the indoor pool. He digs for something unseen and ducks his basketball-size, black and tan head under the surface. Water swells and breaches the rim. ...more

October 25, 2008

Djuke, all 117 pounds of toned muscle, is just getting over the jet lag of a flight to Buenos Aires over the weekend. There, he strutted, ran, sat still and stared, raking in the top three prizes in a contest among more than 300 other Rottweilers. ...more

October 23, 2008

A former substitute teacher accused of having sex with a 17-year-old student could face a jury before the end of the year. ...more

September 19, 2008

A former substitute teacher accused of having sex with a 17-year-old student could face a jury by the end of the year. Pasco Circuit Judge Thane Covert today set the trial of Lisa Robyn Marinelli on a charge of unlawful sex with a minor for Dec. 1. ...more

September 18, 2008

The Bucs always had an interest in trading for quarterback Brett Favre. What they seemingly never had was a realistic chance to pull off a deal. ...more

August 8, 2008

The trash talking has begun. In a stinging letter Friday, garbage disposal company Republic Services rejected a $6.19 billion unsolicited takeover offer from larger rival Waste Management, announced this week. ...more

July 19, 2008

When 17-year-old Karen Thorla landed the role of Belle in Masque Community Theatre's production of "Beauty and the Beast," she jumped for joy. ...more

July 2, 2008

Billionaire investor Carl Icahn, pressing Yahoo! Inc. to rekindle takeover talks with Microsoft Corp., won more support from shareholders as the Internet company weighed new proposals from its former suitor. ...more

May 21, 2008