No one expects a zombie apocalypse. But the University of Florida is making sure officials are ready for a night of the living dead, just in case. ...more

October 3, 2009

The University of Florida's response plans for a zombie apocalypse are no longer available for public consumption. UF spokesman Steve Orlando said Friday the university removed a link to a disaster recovery exercise, which detailed how the school could respond to an outbreak of the undead. The link was taken down late Thursday afternoon. ...more

October 2, 2009

With a new coach and a $9 million raise, Bucs receiver Antonio Bryant is ready to prove himself all over again, writes Martin Fennelly. ...more

April 1, 2009

Schools of monster-size black drum are still prowling lower Tampa Bay; you can see the mass of fish as they cruise the edges of the flat on calm mornings. Waters around Pinellas Point have been good in recent weeks. These are fish of 40 to 50 pounds—they look like redfish on steroids, but the coloration is a silver gray, with bluish tails. ...more

March 20, 2009

Canned, diced tomatoes are a favorite timesaver, and there are more organic options than ever. ...more

December 13, 2008

Office Depot Inc. will close about 9 percent of its North American stores and cut 2,200 jobs during the next three months while planning to open fewer locations next year in an effort to cut costs. ...more

December 11, 2008

This is the time of year when we see skeletons in neighbors' yards hanging from trees or plastered against doors. So it seems appropriate to revisit Ezekiel 37, a scene that would blend in well with Halloween imaginings. ...more

October 22, 2008

Halloween is lurking right around the corner, and glow in the dark costumes hang on every department store's racks. Chemistry is not my forte, for sure, and how they can make paint that glows in the dark is a mystery to me. However, because Halloween is so soon upon us, it's kind of fitting that the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2008, announced on Oct. 8, goes to three men who played leading roles in the discovery of the remarkable, brightly glowing green fluorescent protein, GFP. ...more

October 15, 2008

Highlands County Administrator Michael Wright puts a high priority on maintaining the county's roads because, he said, "that's one of the basic things we do in government." ...more

September 23, 2008

Federal prosecutors say former Liberian President Charles Taylor's son poured molten plastic on the skin of the regime's opponents, rubbed salt in their wounds and shocked them with electricity during a horrific three-year campaign of intimidation in Africa. ...more

September 20, 2008