Cy the Cynic says that when the forecast is a 50 percent chance of rain, it means the weatherman has no idea. It's a bad idea to rely on a finesse - a 50 percent chance - when you have no idea whether it will work. ...more

November 28, 2007

How About Other Parks? Regarding "Safety Trumps Segway At Disney Parks" (Our Opinion, Nov. 13): ...more

November 20, 2007

Days after an Apollo Beach church's trailer was stolen with Thanksgiving food for the poor inside, the church has received more than enough food donations to rebound. ...more

November 16, 2007

Days after an Apollo Beach church's trailer was stolen with Thanksgiving food for the poor inside, the church has received more than enough food donations to rebound. ...more

November 15, 2007

The full moon occurs at 4:52 a.m. Friday, but fishing conditions improve very little from what normally occurs during this lunar cycle. The reason for this is that the water temperature has not dropped enough — allowing a higher oxygen level which cooler water provides. Instead, lake temperatures remain between 78 to 82 degrees, which is five degrees lower than the summertime highs. Once the water temperature norm arrives in the mid to lower 70s, nighttime oxygen levels stay nearer the daytime high, and this means early morning at 4:52, bass are able to feed as they naturally would be inclined due to the full moon event. Remember, the higher the oxygen, the greater the ability of larger fish to feed and digest as their metabolisms operates on a more constant 24-hour level. ...more

October 25, 2007

As usual, many foreign experts competed in the 2007 Spingold Teams. In the second quarter of the final, Nick Nickell's powerful team, eight-time winners of the event, trailed Gromov (Dubinin, Zmudzinski-Balicki). ...more

October 21, 2007

The most successful U.S. team of the past 15 years is one of two U.S. entries in the 2007 World Championship going on in Shanghai. Nick Nickell's sextet (Nickell-Freeman, Hamman-Soloway, Meckstroth-Rodwell) won a trials and is competing alongside a team led by George Jacobs. ...more

October 7, 2007

To make today's contract requires only basic technique, but South didn't possess it. ...more

October 5, 2007