Are you tired of Tiger Woods being one of the lead "news" stories on cable TV news channels and other media outlets seeking to be trendy rather than newsworthy? Tiger's aura was produced by purveyors of popular culture and now they will just tear down another faux icon. ...more

December 5, 2009

Lisa Mowrey has been missing for five years, and this week authorities reissued a plea for the public's help in locating the hairstyling student. ...more

February 5, 2009

People started lining up at 5:30 this morning outside the Hillsborough County Animal Services shelter in Brandon, eager to adopt animals rescued this month in what authorities say was a raid on a puppy mill. ...more

November 19, 2008

The writing on Joaquin Phoenix's fists said it all. The words "Good Bye" were penned on the actor's knuckles at a premiere Saturday night for his latest film, "Two Lovers," and Phoenix confirmed a surprise announcement he made last week: He's giving up movies. ...more

November 2, 2008

Openly frustrated at the heavy news coverage of Barack Obama's trip to the Middle East, the John McCain campaign is responding with a public relations offensive, including a new Web video that accuses television news reporters of being "in the tank" for Obama. ...more

July 23, 2008

The other day a television news broadcast was telling of a new idea for hurricane coverage for Florida. The estimate for a Miami-Dade category five hurricane would cost approximately $88 billion. I thought of the Andrew and Katrina costs and have a better idea than letting out-of-state insurers chance their stakes upon the inevitable. Since our Department of Defense is very capable of defending our shores, it should also use its technology and resources to stop a category one in its tracks, with many large concussion bombs, or maybe something a lot more extreme to slow the winds in the wall, while at the same time making the water return to the oceans (dissipate.) When it rains, it pours! ...more

June 20, 2008

TAMPA - A circuit judge has ordered the public release of court documents regarding Stephanie Ragusa, a schoolteacher charged with having sex with two underage students. ...more

May 7, 2008