I enjoyed Linda Downing's recent "The Face in the Mirror" contribution and agreed with most of it. However, her logic is seriously flawed when she rants about the "blatant racism" of the Confederate flag, which is ludicrous. Nothing could be further from the truth. ...more

March 25, 2009

Max Hardcore has asked a judge for permission to go to Vegas before he heads off to prison. Hardcore, whose real name is Paul Little, was convicted by a Tampa federal jury of 10 obscenity charges for adult videos he made, starred in and sold over the Internet and through the mail. ...more

January 8, 2009

Budget cuts have forced Hillsborough County Animal Services to reduce the hours its animal surrender gate will be open for people who want to give up their pets. ...more

September 27, 2008

Hillsborough County budget cuts have forced Animal Services to reduce the hours its animal surrender gate will be open for residents who want to give up their pets. ...more

September 25, 2008

DUNEDIN A standoff ended this morning with a suspect's surrender and the discovery of the body of a woman inside a Dunedin home. ...more

September 13, 2008

DUNEDIN A standoff ended this morning with a suspect's surrender and the discovery of a body inside his home. ...more

September 13, 2008

Japanese World War II leader Hideki Tojo wanted to keep fighting after U.S. atomic bombs destroyed Hiroshima and Nagasaki, accusing surrender proponents of being "frightened," a newly released diary reveals. ...more

August 13, 2008

Durant Road was closed to traffic for nearly two hours Monday while the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office SWAT team apprehended an armed man outside his home. ...more

May 24, 2008

The smell of gun smoke downtown means it's Gasparilla time. On Tuesday, about 20 mock pirates kicked off the prelude to Saturday's main events when they arrived aboard a parade float - with guns echoing - to "abduct" the mayor and demand the city's surrender. There was tough talk from Mayor Pam Iorio: "We will put up a fight," she vowed, surrounded by the costumed sea wolves. Maybe, but no mayor has been able to resist the make-believe pirate invasion that comes Saturday. In fact, the mayor and marauders soon gave up even the pretense of conflict and went off together for lunch. ...more

January 23, 2008

Whatever one thinks of former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's jurisprudence, one can only admire the way she has handled her beloved husband's surrender to Alzheimer's Disease. ...more

November 16, 2007