Toyota Motor Corp. has unveiled a more expensive and bigger hybrid-only model than its hit Prius, underlining the Japanese automaker's ambitions to make green technology more widespread. ...more

October 21, 2009

Joe Hudson went 3-for-3 with a home run, and Daniel Gibson tossed six strong innings Wednesday to lead Jesuit to a 3-1 victory against Plant in a Class 5A-District 10 matchup at Paul Straub Field. ...more

March 11, 2009

James Bland, Kemosi Hatten and Jace Grimmett each won regional titles on Saturday night and the Avon Park wrestling team missed out on a team regional championship by the closest of margins at the Class 1A-Region 2 meet at Matanzas High School. ...more

February 15, 2009

Even during a most peaceful of holidays, terrible things can happen, and that's exactly what happened here in Highlands County on Christmas day. ...more

December 28, 2008

The new Cure album is here, finally, after originally being slated as a double-disc, not to mention causing the band to postpone a tour. That it arrives as a 13-track single CD suggests Robert Smith and Co. reined in their ambitions in order to produce a concise album that can stand with The Cure's best. ...more

November 6, 2008

Vinny Baez is hooked on a feeling. The Zephyrhills High senior cross country runner says he loves the feeling that comes from the endorphins that are released when he covers long distances, giving him the so-called "runner's high." ...more

November 1, 2008

The currently famous, four-star Gen. David Petraeus is coming to stay awhile in Tampa. ...more

October 31, 2008

and increasingly flimsy - notion must be altogether abandoned: the idea that the U.N. is the sine qua non of legitimate action in the international arena. ...more

October 5, 2008

It's easy to see "That Lucky Old Sun" as the spawn of "Smile." Brian Wilson finally got free of that albatross four years ago, completing the album he abandoned in 1967 as his fragile mental and emotional states collided with his ambitions. ...more

September 5, 2008

Foreign affairs took center stage in the presidential campaign Tuesday as the leading candidates seemed to compete over who could be toughest about Russia's invasion of Georgia. ...more

August 13, 2008