They feel that the U.S. Department of Labor has reneged on promises to provide them benefits, but as the national anthem played, these "Cold War Patriots" placed their hands over their hearts. ...more

October 31, 2009

Readers at TBO.com responded strongly to news that the local chapter of the Sons of Confederate Veterans put up a 30-by-60-foot Confederate flag at the Interstate 75 bridge over U.S. 92. The flag was raised Oct. 12 and is even larger than the one raised there last summer, sparking widespread controversy and national attention. The flag is the centerpiece of a 1.9-acre memorial park. To see a picture of the flag, read related stories or add your views, go to Brandon.tbo.com, keyword "Confederate Flag." Below is a sampling of reader views. ...more

October 22, 2008

Readers at TBO.com responded strongly to news that the local chapter of the Sons of Confederate Veterans put up a 30-by-60-foot Confederate flag at the Interstate 75 bridge over U.S. 92. The flag was raised Oct. 12 and is larger than the one raised there last summer, sparking controversy and national attention. The flag is the centerpiece of a 1.9-acre memorial park. To see a picture of the flag, read related stories or add your views, go to Brandon.tbo.com, keyword "Confederate Flag." Below are some reader views. ...more

October 22, 2008

Knut's private digs are in the southwest corner of the Tiergarten, a densely-wooded park that is Berlin's downtown oasis much as Central Park is to Manhattan in New York City. The entire zoo, a maze of footpaths among 1,400 species of 20,000 fenced-in animals, covers some 80 acres. Only the 500 species of birds and snakes are caged. ...more

September 7, 2008

A huge Confederate battle flag was run up a flagpole in Eureka Springs today to mark Jefferson Davis' 200th birthday. ...more

June 3, 2008

EUREKA SPRINGS - Near Interstate 4. On a spit of property in the shadow of Interstate 75. On the north side of U.S. 92 -- the battle flag of the Southern rebellion shall rise again, at least that's the objective of the flag raisers, descendants of Confederate soldiers. ...more

June 2, 2008

Memorial Day is for the hundreds of thousands of Americans who have given their lives for their country and lie in cemeteries around the globe or in some unmarked, forgotten places. ...more

May 26, 2008

The setting could hardly be more surreal. On one side of Branch Forbes Road at Interstate 4 sits a full-size dinosaur replica advertising a theme park. On the other, there's a building that looks like Noah's ark - with a large deck attached. ...more

May 7, 2008

About 30 victim advocates stood in a tight-knit half-circle Sunday night, holding candles near the war memorial in Largo Central Park to pray and recommit to fighting domestic violence, a crime that claimed 11 lives in Pinellas County in 2007. One woman sang almost silently. Members of the Pinellas County Domestic Violence Task Force, and others touched by the violence, read off the names of the 11, noting that more than 20,000 calls came in to the county's domestic violence hot line last year. "This is about improving the community's response and to increase victim safety," task force chairwoman Wendy Lomas said before the 30-minute vigil. She said the calls to the hot line represent only about half of the actual domestic violence incidents that occurred here last year. ...more

January 28, 2008

The fate of the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery was uncertain this Veterans Day weekend, as the Army has yet to decide whether to replace or repair the 75-year-old monument, which is marred by several large cracks. ...more

November 12, 2007