At first, Heather Petrone thought the rumble was just more construction next door. "They are digging up the earth because a building is going up," says Petrone, 28, a Brandon High School graduate living in Los Angeles who was shooting another segment for her online astrology show, "Cosmosgal." "I thought it was just a Caterpillar digging a hole, but then it was like, 'Wait, this is getting worse. It's an earthquake.' " As she was reading a horoscope for Libra, the ground starts shaking. Watch her reaction. ...more

July 30, 2008

Re: "Green Not So Green" in the July 18 edition of Hernando Today. ...more

July 22, 2008

EDITOR'S NOTE: Jessica Castillo, 12, just finished the sixth grade at Cambridge Christian School in Tampa. She was chosen writer of the year by teacher Sharee Romaine, who wrote, "I wasn't planning to choose a writer of the year until this student's 'Heart of Christ' paper was turned in to me." ...more

June 7, 2008

Old-fashioned asthma inhalers that contain environment-harming chemicals will no longer be sold at year's end - and the government is urging patients not to wait until the last minute to switch to newer drugs. ...more

May 31, 2008

Catching the moon turning a dark red during Wednesday night's eclipse will not take special equipment, precise timing or setting an alarm clock for the middle of the night. ...more

February 18, 2008

Seeing how well the Lightning has played the past few weeks since defenseman Dan Boyle's return from a lengthy injury, it is tough not to wonder: What if? ...more

February 16, 2008

The astronauts orbit the earth in diapers, or as in the case of one astronaut, drive 1,000 miles in one. Caregivers of quadriplegics or paraplegics know the frailties of store-bought diapers, sometimes failing from one room to another. After eight years of care-giving under these circumstances it gets stressful. Maybe I am ignorant of something better on the market. If so please tell me. If not, please someone in the sciences invent an astronaut diaper for civilians. ...more

February 13, 2008

In truth of comparison, there has been innovative technical evolution of necessity, and/or convenience by man, and evolution by God the Eternal Creator, of various forms of life since the most ancient of times here on earth. ...more

February 13, 2008

Sometimes, a fence helps –– and helps a lot. For all those who thought no fence could keep overzealous all-terrain vehicle riders away from the Carter Creek Scrub area, there is some good news. The gates to the Carter Creek fence, installed to keep ATVs out, have not been installed yet, but Riverdale Road and surrounding areas have been a lot more quieter with the fence nearly completed, authorities say. There are believed to be few ATVs in the area in recent weeks, or at least authorities have received much fewer complaints. ...more

February 11, 2008

Leonard Pitts's article on the conservative's having given negative connotations to the words "liberal" and "feminism," also applies to the word "evolution." (A Liberal Defense of the Word Feminist, 2/8/08) Evolution tells us that species must adapt to changing environments if they are to survive. Jesus told us we must change our ways by conquering our fears if we wish to survive. What Jesus proved is that it is possible to change our ways, and non-violence will be our salvation. What science has proven, unknowingly, is what religion has known all along. ...more

February 11, 2008