Don't expect to use the Cass Street bridge this weekend. The bridge, which was shut down for repairs this year after it was deemed "structurally deficient," was expected to be open by the end of this month but likely will remain closed until early 2010. ...more

November 24, 2009

Albert Michalczyk said that if the government televised executions, then he might watch Virginia prison officials give serial killer John Allen Muhammad a lethal injection for being one of two snipers who killed 10 people in Washington, Virginia and Maryland seven years ago. ...more

November 11, 2009

Coming off the biggest upset in program history, USF followed it up with a big, fat thud against Providence. ...more

February 11, 2009

PHILADELPHIA — Game 2 of the World Series was a thud on television. ...more

October 24, 2008

Homeowners have every right to be angry about the property-tax notices that recently arrived in mailboxes. ...more

September 2, 2008

Seems like a stupid enough question. Of course we care about schools. Aren't we spending numbers that now are in the billions on education? Isn't the state government obsessed with fiddling with the school system? Isn't the University of Florida now the No. 1 party school in the country? Obviously we care about something. ...more

August 1, 2008

There are two sounds Tony Saladino III never grows tired of hearing. One is the crack of a baseball bat connecting with the ball, and the other is the thud of the ball pounding into a leather glove. ...more

July 16, 2008

After their Parkesdale Farm Market in Plant City was burglarized three days in a row, 66-year-old Jim Meeks and his 36-year-old son, Jim Meeks III, decided enough was enough. ...more

July 12, 2008

After their Parkesdale Farm Market in Plant City was burgled three days in a row, 66-year-old Jim Meeks and his 36-year-old son, Jim Meeks III, decided they had had enough. Thursday night, after closing up, they moved their cars from the parking spaces in front of the store at 3702 W. Baker St. to make it seem as if no one was there. ...more

July 11, 2008

Airport police call it "the miracle landing" at Tampa International. A 65-pound Labrador retriever, without benefit of an airplane or parachute, flew from the top of an airport parking deck six stories down - and survived. ...more

February 8, 2008