The victim of a beating and rape three months ago at the Bloomingdale library, who remains in long-term rehabilitation, has gotten some help from the state. ...more

August 2, 2008

Watching the Rays get the bats knocked out of their collective hands the past few weeks has become a near-nightly exercise. Aggravating, isn't it? ...more

July 30, 2008

Gold Cup Beverage Service, a locally owned business that has been serving Florida and other areas of the Southeast for four decades, has been purchased by food-service giant Aramark Corp. ...more

July 9, 2008

Starbucks Corp. said Tuesday it will close 600 company-operated stores in the next year, up dramatically from its previous plan for 100 closures, a sign the coffee shop operator continues to struggle with the faltering U.S. economy and its own rapid expansion. ...more

July 2, 2008

PORT RICHEY -- They used to have a joke at the Pasco County Public Transportation offices. "Maybe we should paint faces on the windows so people will think the buses are full," Adelaida "Adie" Reyes, the county's community services director, said, referring to PCPT's fixed-route bus system. The Pasco transportation manager, Mike Carroll, smiled at the recollection. He and Reyes can now look back at that former piece of in-house gallows humor and smile. These days, PCPT buses now logs more than 1 million riders a year. ...more

June 7, 2008

On 12 May, the cost of mailing a letter increases a penny. ...more

May 10, 2008

These days the news is full of beautiful - and wrenching - images of polar bears, often swimming in unending open water, or standing on tiny ice floes. ...more

February 26, 2008

Who can blame the networks for lavishing ever more attention on the presidential primaries? ...more

January 23, 2008

The incoming and outgoing coordinators of the Bowl Championship Series left open the possibility of a college football version of the "Final Four" to follow the 2010 regular season, but they agreed Monday that more study is needed before changes are made to the current BCS format. ...more

January 8, 2008

There will be times during tonight's game against La Salle, much like in Sunday's surprise victory at Georgia Tech, when Florida State coach Leonard Hamilton will look at his bench and be reminded of his new team. ...more

January 5, 2008