The inevitable question is "Why?" and the inevitable answer is, of course, "Because he can." "Judy at Carnegie Hall," recorded and released in 1961, is not only a much-loved collection of great pre-rock pop tunes, it's as much a part of Garland's legacy as "The Wizard of Oz." ...more

December 27, 2007

SEBRING — A woman came to Fred Blake's shop three months ago, looking for a humidor for her son, who is deployed in Iraq. ...more

December 26, 2007

The BB-gun pellet should have been a sign that his luck was running on low. ...more

December 23, 2007

Dan Fogelberg, the singer and songwriter whose hits "Leader of the Band" and "Same Old Lang Syne" helped define the soft-rock era, died Sunday at his home in Maine after battling prostate cancer. He was 56. ...more

December 17, 2007

The emotions already had started pouring out of his players when Tampa Catholic coach Bob Henriquez stood in front of them and boldly told them, "We'll see them again. We'll see them again." ...more

December 10, 2007

AVON PARK — After 22 games and two seasons without a playoff appearance, Earnest Perkins has been fired as Avon Park High School varsity football coach. AP Principal Stu Guthrie said the decision "was his alone," and although he characterized the move as "not easy," Guthrie said a change at the top was "one that was necessary." "Sometimes in coaching, much like life, things just don't work out the way we would have liked for them to," Guthrie said in a written statement. "I think this is the case in this situation. I have the utmost respect for coach Perkins, but a change was necessary." ...more

November 28, 2007

"Waiting to Surface," by Emily Listfield (Atria Books, $25) ...more

November 25, 2007

"The Italian Lover," by Robert Hellenga (Little, Brown & Co., $23.99) ...more

November 4, 2007

This concerns the decision of not guilty by the jury in the Lee Anderson case. Emotions about that verdict have not been as high since the O.J. Simpson trial and the same jury decision of not guilty. Emotions were greatly enlarged by the media, with its repeated showing of the guards taking Anderson to the ground. The problem with making judgment on the basis of emotion and not on the evidence (especially if the jury does so) is that we then lose the basis of equality under the law. ...more

October 23, 2007

Mike Sullivan paused every so slightly before answering, but the response was honest. No, he really hasn't given much thought about returning to his native Massachusetts tonight in his first meeting as a Lightning associate coach facing the team he used to coach, the Boston Bruins. ...more

October 18, 2007