Amazingly, the congressional hearings on Toyota were relatively civilized. Apart from some inevitable theatrical hectoring, the questioning was generally respectful, the emotions controlled. This was all the more remarkable given the drama of some of the testimony, such as that offered by a tearful Rhonda Smith, who recounted how, in her runaway Lexus, she had called her husband because "I wanted to hear his voice one more time." ...more

February 28, 2010

JoAnne Cuzzi of Tampa joined her mother Jean at Community Hall, both hauling a dried vegetable mixture across the room to the many volunteers who had gathered to fight hunger. JoAnne said thinking about others also helped fight her post-holiday blues. ...more

January 27, 2010

"The better the villain," Alfred Hitchcock said, "the better the movie." And in the epic production that is the United States of America, we have followed that advice since the earliest settlers landed. For every hero the American story factory produces, a vivid new villain comes off the assembly line in short order. ...more

April 2, 2009

It may seem like the country that used to make everything is on the brink of making nothing. ...more

February 27, 2009

It may seem like the country that used to make everything is on the brink of making nothing. ...more

February 26, 2009

More than 275 volunteers from the Sun City Center area worked in an assembly line, packaging a fortified rice casserole to help feed the hungry. ...more

February 11, 2009

Colleen Cambier and Samantha Franz started their day working the sod assembly line before moving into ditch work. ...more

January 14, 2009

Colleen Cambier and Samantha Franz started their day working the sod assembly line before moving into ditch work. ...more

January 14, 2009

Students at Berkeley Preparatory School rolled up their sleeves at Al Lopez park today as part of a day's worth of community service projects. ...more

January 7, 2009

When it comes to feeding 800 to 900 people for Thanksgiving, Carole Winters said it's the quality of the cooking utensil used that matters most. ...more

November 27, 2008