Improve the health profile of your dishes by reducing salt while adding flavor. Look to your condiments for help, say the authors of "The Flexitarian Diet" (McGraw-Hill, $24.95) and "The New American Plate Cookbook" (University of California Press, $25.95). ...more

March 28, 2009

Downtown Tampa motorists could be forgiven for doing a double-take Monday afternoon. ...more

January 6, 2009

ringling bros. circus parades the elephants through downtown ...more

January 5, 2009

Ladies and gentleman, children of all ages, it's almost time to make your way to "The Greatest Show on Earth." ...more

December 17, 2008

Bug-eyed motorists along Orient Road pulled to the side Thursday morning to clear the way for Asia, a 10,000-pound, 8-foot-tall elephant, and nine of her gigantic friends. ...more

November 21, 2008

Bug-eyed motorists along Orient Road pulled to the side this morning to clear the way for Asia, a 10,000-pound, 8-foot-tall elephant, and nine of her gigantic friends. ...more

November 20, 2008

See the man on the flying trapeze for free Friday when you donate nonperishable food to Metropolitan Ministries. The local pantry, which provides goods and services to poor and homeless families, is in need of food stuff, including cereal, stuffing, canned meat, vegetables and canned fruit. Metropolitan Ministries serves more than 150 families a day, according to a news release. ...more

November 19, 2008

GAINESVILLE Tampa native Stephen Garcia could have his hands full this week. ...more

November 7, 2007

I think most Americans feel a little zing of pride when a Nobel Prize goes to an American. Kind of like when your favorite reporter wins a Pulitzer or our athletes win gold at the Olympics. Therefore, I was struck at the negative coverage of Al Gore becoming a laureate. Suddenly the Nobel committee has ulterior motives and an anti Bush agenda. Your paper published three editorial cartoons on the same day ridiculing the award and Mr. Gore, sandwiched between two over the top columns debunking global warming claims and Mr. Gore's involvement. Whether one believes that global warming is a crises or snake oil, the point is that this accomplished American embittered by losing an election picked himself up and became the front man for a cause. He took his message to the world, friend and foe alike, and the world listened, even though America's image has been shattered by other events in recent years. ...more

October 26, 2007