Using homemade lab equipment and the wealth of scientific knowledge available online, these hobbyists are trying to create new life forms through genetic engineering - a field long dominated by Ph.D.s toiling in university and corporate laboratories. ...more

December 26, 2008

Five years ago, musician Gary Filip traded the skyscrapers and smoke-filled bars of Chicago for the sunshine and scrub of the Heartland. ...more

November 18, 2008

The Justice Department agreed Friday to pay biological-weapons expert Steven Hatfill a settlement valued at $5.85 million to drop a lawsuit he filed after then-Attorney General John Ashcroft named him a "person of interest" in the investigation of the deadly 2001 anthrax attacks. ...more

June 28, 2008

Pasco County officials are in Tallahassee today to pursue a righteous cause: eternal preservation of Cross Bar Ranch's sprawling, untainted wilderness splendor. Sealing the deal might not require, absolutely, a nod from those they have been dispatched to lobby, but clearing the Florida Cabinet hurdle is important, nonetheless. ...more

February 26, 2008

Antique Brass is a loosely organized group of five South Shore area musicians who like to toot their horns - literally. ...more

February 11, 2008

The deep notes of large brass horns resounded outside a Sun City Center home on a recent afternoon. ...more

February 7, 2008

Local business leaders are honoring Harry Wright, who raised five daughters and a son earning a living using his barbecuing skills, with this year's Business of the Year Award. ...more

January 23, 2008