Karen White, the chancellor of the University of South Florida St. Petersburg, is stepping down from her post at the regional campus, six months after the school was placed on probation by its accreditors. ...more

December 19, 2008

Bucs are Bucs. But blood is blood. That's what it will probably come down to in the not-so-curious case of near-legendary Bucs defensive coordinator Monte Kiffin, who appears ready to take the plunge after this season to join his son Lane at the University of Tennessee. ...more

December 1, 2008

Timothy McVeigh had been released from custody because of misconduct by police. ...more

October 23, 2008

When they were much smaller, playing football for the Rembrandt Knights, the youth-league Seahawks or even Robinson High, they had vivid imaginations. ...more

July 26, 2008

Joba Chamberlain received his long-awaited promotion, and the rookie right-hander will make his first start for the Yankees at home in the Bronx. ...more

May 31, 2008

More Hillsborough County third-graders are reading and performing math on grade level than last year, with some schools making double-digit leaps in the percentage of children considered proficient. ...more

May 22, 2008

There are three ways I know that a recipe's a winner — when it's quiet at the dinner table, when there are no leftovers and when my twin sister, Janet, e-mails me a new recipe and says, "This one's a keeper." Funny how one phrase can predict the future of a recipe. My sister has never let me down; maybe it's our genetically shared taste buds. Janet always seems to have a good recipe up her sleeve — this time for a grilled steak — which surprised me because that cut of beef isn't her favorite menu item. But this steak was melt-in-your-mouth good, she said, and it made a steak-loving convert out of her. ...more

January 30, 2008

A shot that robs smokers of the nicotine buzz from cigarettes showed promise in midstage testing and may someday offer a radically new way to kick a dangerous habit. ...more

November 8, 2007

Key West's annual, 10-day mask and costume festival ended Sunday with an event for children at a local park, but a decadent parade Saturday night was the event's highlight. ...more

October 29, 2007

1. An object in a state of uniform motion will remain in motion unless acted upon by an external force. ...more

October 2, 2007