The number of overnight visitors to Pinellas County in June dropped 8.3 percent, compared with the year-ago figure, to 510,300, the county's tourism consultant reported. ...more

September 2, 2009

After a less-than-perfect race in her semifinals heat, Tampa's Damu Cherry was eliminated from the women's 100-meter hurdles at the IAAF World Track and Field Championships on Wednesday in Berlin. ...more

August 20, 2009

Brandon's Chris Colwill, a graduate of Tampa Preparatory School and the University of Georgia, finished eighth in today's finals of the 3-meter springboard diving at the FINA World Championships in Rome. ...more

July 23, 2009

Nearly 200 students from 28 states, as well as Canada and American Samoa, are participating in the annual Broadway Theatre Project at the University of South Florida through Aug. 2. ...more

July 22, 2009

Britney Spears' "Circus" won't be coming to Warsaw. ...more

July 15, 2009

In your editorial on health care ("Health care needs to be reformed," June 7) you state, "We don't want a nationalized system." Why not? In 2007, 62 percent of bankruptcies were due to medical bills. Of those, 75 percent had health insurance. This is the private, for-profit health insurance system you want to keep? ...more

June 11, 2009

Starbucks Corp. says it has repaid all 1 million customers the gourmet coffee chain inadvertently double-charged on Memorial Day weekend. ...more

June 11, 2009

Maine fisherman and author Linda Greenlaw, who survived the nor'easter that was the basis for the book and movie "The Perfect Storm," has been fined more than $30,000 for fishing illegally in Canadian waters. ...more

June 9, 2009

Vida Burgess of Holiday says she and her husband have had good experiences with the Medicare HMO to which they belong. ...more

May 30, 2009

The sixth annual Tampa Bay International Dragon Boat Races hit the waters of Garrison Channel on May 2. ...more

May 20, 2009