On Halloween night, l938, from the studio of the CBS radio network, was a broadcast that stunned everyone who listened in, and caused panic in the northeast. What was meant to be an episode of the America radio drama anthology series "Mercury Theater on the Air," directed and narrated by Orson Welles, of an adaptation of H. G. Wells' novel "The War of the Worlds," and a Halloween "boo" prank - became so much more. ...more

October 23, 2009

Keep Snacks Out Of Hall I am shocked and offended that people are taking food and drinks into Ruth Eckerd Hall during performances. This has allowed the spilling and dumping of drinks and food on the floor and seats of the auditorium. ...more

March 7, 2009

"I love Florida weather!" shouted Al Roker to more than 200 cheering spectators gathered in Centro Ybor this morning for a chance to meet him and get a few seconds of face time the "Today" show. Roker, in town as part of NBC's Super Bowl XLIII coverage, got a taste of Ybor City during several live reports from in front of a cigar store on Seventh Avenue. ...more

January 29, 2009

It has remained one of World War II's most enduring mysteries, one that resonated decades later in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks: Who in Washington knew what and when before the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941? ...more

December 7, 2008

It's official. The Tampa-St. Petersburg TV market is getting its first female chief meteorologist. WTSP, Channel 10, has confirmed that Chicago weather forecaster Tammie Souza is going to be the station's chief meteorologist, replacing Dick Fletcher, who died in February after a stroke. ...more

September 10, 2008

Since we've just moved out of the full moon phase and are looking to the last quarter moon phase (which occurs this Thursday at 12:10 p.m.), the peak feeding period of the day happens from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. ...more

June 22, 2008

Garry Trudeau says topics in his 'Doonesbury' comic strip that were at first shocking to some readers aren't so anymore, such as one character's revelation 30 years ago that he was gay. ...more

October 25, 2007