With some 31 persons wounded and 12 dead and Army Major Hasan shot down with two smoking guns in his hands, the reporting concerning the incident continues to refer to Hasan as the "suspect" or "alleged shooter" with precise consistency less someone slip and actually make on unqualified statement that Hasan did in fact shoot a number of people with the two pistols in his hands when he was shot down. ...more

November 13, 2009

The organizers of the steer show at the Pasco County Fair approached this year's event with a little trepidation. ...more

February 21, 2009

We all love a good love story. When this essay came across our desk, we wondered if it was fact or fiction. ...more

February 14, 2009

A lack of protection from aggressive panhandlers has prompted a community outreach program to ask the courts for permission to break its lease. ...more

February 4, 2009

BOWLING Spring Hill bowler Phil Ciaccio captured the one award he had yet to earn in Florida with an 826 series. ...more

October 15, 2008

In sports, freshman year typically is a period of growth and development. ...more

October 11, 2008

When the words "Wake" and "Forest" appeared on Florida State's football schedule, it once had an immediate translation in Tallahassee. ...more

September 18, 2008

When I handed the book to my 13-year-old daughter, Olivia, she groaned. ...more

September 14, 2008

The best way to sanely experience the tunnel of an MRI machine is to keep your eyes closed. I did that for the longest time before curiosity got the best of me. I opened them for an instant, freaked out and shut them again quickly. The white wall of the machine seemed 2 inches from my face, even though it wasn't really that close. ...more

June 21, 2008

The famed par-3 17th hole at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, with its signature island green, has been called gimmicky (Tiger Woods), been compared to having a root canal (Mark Calcavecchia) and been described as a hole that sooner or later is going to get you (Jack Nicklaus). ...more

May 5, 2008