Two men drove from Manatee County to the Wal-Mart on Broad Street Wednesday on the belief they were going to illegally buy 150 grams of the painkiller oxycodone. ...more

April 18, 2009

Less than a minute remained, but the game was really over and everyone inside the Forum knew the season was over for the Georgia men's basketball team, too. In this case though, much more than a season was ending. ...more

March 13, 2009

You've got to love Charlie Crist. With so much negative energy pressing on this economy, the governor's "I believe in Florida" message stands as an inspiration and a lesson in functional economics. ...more

March 11, 2009

You've got to love Charlie Crist. With so much negative energy pressing on this economy, the governor's "I believe in Florida" message stands as an inspiration and a lesson in functional economics. ...more

March 11, 2009

So Dale Gillis (Christianity vs. Rapturism, March 3) has concluded that since some so-called "Rapturists" are reading "The Secrets of Enoch" (which almost no one considers authoritative), all belief in the Rapture is bogus. Does anyone else see a rending of the laws of logic here? It matters little that a trifling handful of so-called Rapturists (who believe that Jesus will one day remove his church from the Earth before cleansing and preparing it for his return to rule and reign) are wacky in other areas. That doesn't cancel the orthodoxy of a belief they rightly maintain in another. Indeed, a huge component of biblical Christianity has long been convinced that passages such as 1 Thes' 4:15-17 speak clearly of a gathering of God's people, dead and alive, out of the world to be "with the Lord" prior to the cataclysmic judgments of the Tribulation. The Apostle Paul believed this, and he wrote long before 1950. His followers don't typically read "The Secrets of Enoch." Nor do they deserve a tarring with Mr. Gillis' broad brush. ...more

March 10, 2009

In response to the Dale Gillis letter on his belief about Christians and the Rapture, I would like make a few points on his opinion. ...more

March 1, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House on Friday insisted it's not trying to take over two ailing financial institutions, even as stocks tumbled again. ...more

February 22, 2009

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers' new offensive coordinator is so new to the job he still doesn't know the names of everyone on his team. ...more

February 17, 2009

THE BUZZ Spiritual Vibe There is a common theme among the Cardinals, and it transcends age or status on the team. They all talk freely about their faith in God. ...more

January 29, 2009

Gasoline prices that last week thumbed their nose at the basics of supply and demand, may start following the rules this week and edge down. ...more

January 11, 2009