Depeche Mode performs in concert with special guests Peter Bjorn & John at the Ford Amphitheatre on Friday at the Florida State Fairgrounds, 4800 U.S. 301 N., Tampa. Gates open at 6:30 p.m., and the show starts at 7:30 p.m. The tour will support release of Depeche Mode's 12th studio album, "Sounds of the Universe." Tickets are $89.50, $59.50, $49.50 and $35.50 for reserved seats, all available at the box office or by calling (813) 287-8844. ...more

September 2, 2009

"You're Not Who You Think You Are," by Albert Clayton Gaulden (Atria, $22) ...more

January 4, 2009

Regarding "Borderline Treason" (Letters, Dec. 9): ...more

December 14, 2008

The so-called "miracle" season is nothing new in baseball but never has there been something quite like what the Rays have pulled off. ...more

September 27, 2008

I was sorely disappointed when reading that the Highlands County School Board had backed down after listening to a few speeches by people who were claiming that evolution is a proven scientific fact, and that any other theory had no right to a discussion in science classes! Correct me if I am wrong, but it is my understanding that a scientific "theory" is accepted on the basis of such criteria as the following: 1. It must be observable. 2. It must be reproducible. 3. It must be predictable. If evolution had those three characteristics, perhaps we could accept it as a viable explanation for what we see all around us; the astonishing complexity of life, the world and the universe. ...more

February 17, 2008

My Safe Florida Home officials like to brag about how much money the hurricane inspection and grant program is saving homeowners on their wind insurance premiums. ...more

February 6, 2008

Young galaxies, so faint that scientists struggled to prove they were there at all, have been discovered by aiming two of the world's most powerful telescopes at a single patch of sky for nearly 100 hours. ...more

November 29, 2007