After a closer examination of a surviving marvel of ancient Greek technology known as the Antikythera Mechanism, scientists have found that the device not only predicted solar eclipses, but also organized the calendar in the four-year cycles of the Olympiad, forerunner of the modern Olympic Games. ...more

July 31, 2008

Outraged By Article Regarding "Rebelling Against Airport Tyranny" (Other Views, June 23): ...more

June 28, 2008

An X-ray Sunday of 1B Carlos Pena's fractured left index finger revealed that the bone has begun to heal, but there still is no fixed return date for the 30-year-old slugger. ...more

June 23, 2008

Use it or lose it. The 160,000 people in Hernando County seem to have voted with their feet. Less than 1 percent of county residents use THE Bus. The average nationwide sage is 5 percent. Conclusion: Park THE Bus, at least for the next few years. ...more

June 22, 2008

Use it or lose it. The 160,000 people in Hernando County seem to have voted with their feet. ...more

June 21, 2008

WASHINGTON - In a stroke of cosmic luck, astronomers for the first time witnessed the start of one of the universe's most fiery events: the end of a star's life as it exploded into a supernova. ...more

May 22, 2008

A security checkpoint helped keep a gunman from passing through the Pinellas County Judicial Building on Wednesday, but the system is not in place at the much larger, busier court center in downtown Clearwater. ...more

May 8, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG -- A security checkpoint system helped keep a gunman from passing through the Pinellas County Judicial Building on Wednesday, but it's not in place at the much larger, busier court center in downtown Clearwater. All visitors to the downtown St. Petersburg court building and the Criminal Justice Center on 49th Street North must walk through a metal detector and have their items screened by magnetometers, or X-ray machines, before entering. In Clearwater, the seat of county government, people enter the main courts complex from several access points. Bailiffs guard only a section of the complex housing the courtrooms and judicial chambers and only visitors to that section are screened by security inspection equipment. ...more

May 7, 2008

A 21-year-old Clearwater man was arrested at Tampa International Airport last weekend after security personnel found a box cutter in a hollowed-out book, authorities said. ...more

February 21, 2008

TAMPA -- A 21-year-old Clearwater man was arrested at Tampa International Airport this weekend after security personnel found a box cutter in a hollowed-out book, authorities said. ...more

February 20, 2008