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June 30, 2008

Barack Obama told Hillary Rodham Clinton's top financial backers Thursday that he personally has donated $2,300 to her campaign and more significantly has asked his biggest donors to help pay off her more than $20 million debt. ...more

June 27, 2008

An overflowing campaign war chest and no war to fight. That's the situation Hernando Clerk of Court Karen Nicolai finds herself in now that she has no opposition in her re-election bid. ...more

June 24, 2008

The fundraising gap between Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama narrowed in May as they raised nearly the same amount of money and ended the month in similar cash positions. ...more

June 22, 2008

CHICAGO - Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama's campaign announced Friday that he will campaign with former rival Hillary Rodham Clinton next week, a step toward unifying a fractured Democratic Party after a bruising primary fight. ...more

June 20, 2008

The CARES Zephyrhills Center is holding an auction and benefit, "A Bid for Our Success," from 5 to 9 p.m. Friday at the Zephyr Palms Event Center, 4645 Airport Road. ...more

May 13, 2008

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama raised $32 million in January, a whopping figure that has permitted the campaign to boost staff and extend advertising to states beyond the sweeping Super Tuesday contests, aides said Thursday. ...more

February 1, 2008

Frank Urso grew up in Ybor City - the "barrio" as he affectionately calls it - where his family worked in the cigar factories. He enrolled at the University of Tampa in 1953, thinking a college degree would open opportunities he saw so rarely in his neighborhood. ...more

January 26, 2008

A tree in the lobby of the SPCA Suncoast has names of adoptable dogs and cats that can be sponsored. Donors can also honor a past or present loved one or pet for $10 with a special placard and small light bulb sign that will be on display. The tree is available during the Howliday Festival of Lights, which runs through Dec. 30 in the hopes of collecting donations and signing up volunteers. ...more

December 16, 2007

We've long known that the rich are different from the rest of us; F. Scott Fitzgerald told us that. But a new study shows that the rich are different from one another, at least when it comes to charitable giving. ...more

December 7, 2007