She got the call from the hospital while standing in line for a food box from Metropolitan Ministries. ...more

December 19, 2009

Hundreds of handwritten prayer request cards are posted on the walls of Metropolitan Ministries' makeshift chapels across the Bay area. ...more

December 17, 2009

A panicking woman calls 911 from Tiger Woods' Orlando-area mansion, telling the dispatcher that her mother had collapsed. ...more

December 9, 2009

A 15-year-old Zephyrhills girl found dead in a community pool July 21 apparently drowned, the Pasco County Sheriff's Office said Tuesday. ...more

December 9, 2009

A man accused of shooting four relatives to death after Thanksgiving dinner in South Florida told family members he had been waiting 20 years to kill them, the father of one of the victims said today. ...more

December 1, 2009

L'Oreal Double Extend Beauty Tubes Mascara $9.99, Blackest Black; available at Target, Walgreens and other large retail stores ...more

November 28, 2009

Sarah Baniszewski motivates herself, but she sometimes gets a little help. From her twin sister. ...more

October 25, 2009

Several months ago, I wrote about my new-found weakness for Meyer lemons. After the column was published, I pried a few dozen of the extraordinary citrus from my personal cache and sent a box to my sister, Janet, in Georgia. I wanted to share a good thing but hated to part with those lemons. In the end, familial love won out. ...more

March 18, 2009

There could be a shift in the standings for two of Hillsborough County's toughest softball districts this week. ...more

March 12, 2009

An advocacy group has sued the state over funding cuts to programs for people with mental retardation, cerebral palsy and other developmental disabilities. ...more

January 14, 2009