A USF dean captured on a security camera taking a student's bicycle could end up in trouble with his employer and with prosecutors. ...more

February 17, 2009

It's common knowledge that smoking presents a risk to pregnant women and their unborn children but a recent, long-term study reveals strong evidence that secondhand smoke can also cause significant problems. ...more

February 16, 2009

After five years of hard work and dedication, Jeremy Baker finally achieved his goal of becoming an Eagle Scout. ...more

December 3, 2008

Historians tell us that Democratic forms of government through the ages have had a life span of around 200 years. I sense that our country is on the threshold of its demise as a Democracy. Why do I say this? Consider the electioneering process we are now observing. I see a person, Barack Obama, who was unknown a couple years ago, mesmerizing people with his glib tongue and promising them everything. This is a man who I consider the epitome of deceit. He claims to be an African-American, which is not so. His ancestors did not come to this country in slave ships. His father actually was an African-Arab Muslim from Kenya. He plays down his heritage while electioneering, which I consider deceitful. Most people are proud of their origin and are not ashamed to say so. ...more

October 17, 2008

Former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has been suffering from dementia for at least the past eight years and has often had to be reminded that her husband is dead, according to her daughter, Carol. ...more

August 26, 2008

Tampa Bay's place as a PGA Tour stop will begin a new era on Wednesday when locally based Transitions Optical, Inc., as earlier reported by The Tampa Tribune, will be announced as the title sponsor of the annual March tournament played at Innisbrook Resort. ...more

June 3, 2008

Shuttle Atlantis' sick German astronaut looked and sounded well Sunday as he helped a crewmate prepare for a spacewalk that should have been his. ...more

February 11, 2008

Americans believe that Thanksgiving celebrates a bountiful harvest, but that is not so. ...more

November 14, 2007

Deaf Idiot Regarding "Blind Hypocrisy" (Letters, Nov. 1): Daniel Quinn compares the state of Israel's right to exist with Iran's right to develop and possess a nuclear weapon? ...more

November 3, 2007