If you're never quite sure whether the ads for popular beauty products can be believed, relax. Our 4you Beauty Board is made up of veteran testers ready to try the latest when it comes to all things beauty. We'll share what worked and what bombed with the hope of making life a little easier for you. This week: Will we say yay or nay to these new eye shadows? ...more

January 3, 2009

The Children's Board of Hillsborough County recently unveiled a mural called "Our Community - Our History." ...more

December 10, 2008

PLANT CITY It wasn't an original idea, but the divine inspiration, motivation and individual touch were as unique as when Da Vinci's hand first brought the scene to life. ...more

September 20, 2008

Here's the deal, says Jeri Wohl. Buy a chair for $100. Then paint it yourself, or get an artist to do it. ...more

September 15, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG — Though he had had no brushes with the law before a police officer fatally shot him this weekend, Javon Dawson had taken on the persona of a street thug on his MySpace page. On Saturday night, Dawson, 17, was spotted firing a gun into the air outside the Shining Light Masonic Lodge, where there was a graduation party. He got into a confrontation with St. Petersburg police officer Terrence Nemeth, with Nemeth telling him to put down the weapon, and Dawson running off, pointing his gun at Nemeth as he fled before Nemeth fired. ...more

June 10, 2008

Having Problem With That Boat Starter? Many of us who live on the canals used to get access to Lake Grassy in Sun 'N Lakes, south of Lake Placid, really have little use of our boats until we get a substantial amount of rain. It is hard to imagine how much rain it will take to fill the lake to its normal level, which is almost four feet above the present level. However, I still want to keep my boat running in case it ever rains. Here's a tip if you have found that your boat is getting hard to start or the battery seems to be a bit low, as was my problem a few weeks ago when I tried to warm up the 20-year-old engine. ...more

May 22, 2008

Joyce Carlson, a Disney artist who helped create the idyllic universe of singing children at "It's a Small World" rides across the globe, died at home. She was 84. ...more

January 5, 2008

ORLANDO - Joyce Carlson, a Disney artist who helped create the idyllic universe of singing children at "It's a Small World" rides across the globe, died at home. She was 84. ...more

January 4, 2008

Hillsborough County Animal Services, 440 Falkenburg Road, has set up an Animal Angel Tree in its lobby for people to make donations to the shelter. ...more

December 15, 2007

There was no Halloween bogeyman in the closet for one Brooklyn woman - just a 7-foot-long python in her toilet. ...more

October 21, 2007