Investigators were interviewing 44 registered sex offenders in the disappearance of a 5-year-old Putnam County girl that they are treating as an abduction. ...more

February 13, 2009

The father of a missing 5-year-old Putnam County girl said he and his 17-year-old girlfriend have passed polygraph tests, according to CNN.com. ...more

February 12, 2009

Nearly 50 million viewers tuned in for President Barack Obama's first primetime news conference on Monday, according to Nielsen Media Research. ...more

February 11, 2009

A 29-year-old Pelican State porn star who lives part time in Tampa and is considering a run for the U.S. Senate in Louisiana left a scheduled interview in a huff Tuesday when she was turned away from The News Center in down town Tampa. ...more

February 10, 2009

The Senate voted Tuesday to give a tax break to new car buyers, setting aside bipartisan concerns over the size of an economic stimulus bill with a price tag edging above $900 billion. The 71-26 vote came as President Barack Obama said he lies awake nights worrying about the economy and signaled he'll try to knock out "buy American" provisions in the legislation to avoid a possible trade war. ...more

February 3, 2009

About "Sweet Sasha" and "Marvelous Malia," the newly issued dolls that just happen to share names and skin color with the Obama girls: I understand why Michelle Obama is bristling, mama grizzly-like, about the commercialization of her children. ...more

January 28, 2009

60 Percent of Americans were sympathetic toward the Israelis 17 Percent of Americans supported the Palestinians ...more

January 26, 2009

Disgraced evangelical leader Ted Haggard's former church disclosed Friday that the gay sex scandal that caused his downfall extends to a young male church volunteer who reported having a sexual relationship with Haggard — a revelation that comes as Haggard tries to repair his public image. ...more

January 23, 2009

It was a story that begged for an investigation. In a small Florida town, a well-known mother and her 8-year-old daughter are killed in an accident on a narrow, two-lane country road. ...more

January 22, 2009

When Barack Obama flubbed a line while being sworn in as 44th president of the United States, a crowd of more than 100 at the New Port Richey Library good-naturedly laughed with him. When the nation's first black president spoke of establishing "unity of purpose over conflict and discord" and said that all Americans "deserve the opportunity to pursue the full measure of their happiness," the enthusiastic crowd applauded loudly. ...more

January 21, 2009