Anyone can trip up when filing tax returns, from seniors on fixed incomes to former senators. ...more

February 4, 2009

Hillsborough County sheriff's detectives are looking for two women they say scam bank account information, money and jewelry from the elderly. ...more

October 22, 2008

Barack Obama and John McCain clashed repeatedly over the causes and cures for the worst economic crisis in 80 years Tuesday night in a debate in which Republican McCain called for a sweeping $300 billion program to shield homeowners from mortgage foreclosure. ...more

October 7, 2008

Mr. Dunlap, now that I know where you're coming from, I would like to "beam up" a response. First, if you feel uncomfortable talking to my 3-year-old granddaughter about Social Security, I will substitute the 9-year-old with this warning: She knows 2 plus 2 doesn't equal 5. ...more

August 21, 2008

Photography was always just a hobby for Red Slater. The amateur's photographs, though, have appeared in magazines such as Rolling Stone, on television documentaries and in CD anthologies. In 1969 and 1970, Slater shared a dilapidated farmhouse in north Gainesville with Randall Marsh and Mike Campbell, drummer and guitarist with a local band called Mudcrutch. The bassist was Tom Petty. Slater's photographs - some are on display here and at his Web site, www.redslater.com - capture the young band rehearsing, performing and sometimes just goofing off. ...more

July 10, 2008

I live in and belong to a residential homeowners association. Our covenants, conditions and restrictions state that the HOA will maintain all common areas within the community, and it has from the beginning. ...more

July 10, 2008

For the first time, a text tip received by Crime Stoppers of Tampa Bay has resulted in arrest. ...more

July 9, 2008

TAMPA - For the first time, a text tip received by Crime Stoppers of Tampa Bay has resulted in arrest. ...more

July 8, 2008

The race for the Republican nomination is redefining what it means to be politically conservative. ...more

February 8, 2008

There are three ways I know that a recipe's a winner — when it's quiet at the dinner table, when there are no leftovers and when my twin sister, Janet, e-mails me a new recipe and says, "This one's a keeper." Funny how one phrase can predict the future of a recipe. My sister has never let me down; maybe it's our genetically shared taste buds. Janet always seems to have a good recipe up her sleeve — this time for a grilled steak — which surprised me because that cut of beef isn't her favorite menu item. But this steak was melt-in-your-mouth good, she said, and it made a steak-loving convert out of her. ...more

January 30, 2008