A federal appeals court on Wednesday invalidated part of a Florida law requiring public school students to recite the Pledge of Allegiance, but the panel declined to rule on whether the rest of the statute is constitutional. ...more

July 24, 2008

South Carolina's lieutenant governor announced Thursday that he is willing to put up $4,000 of his own money so his state can become the first in the nation to issue "I Believe" license plates with the image of a cross and a stained glass window. ...more

June 13, 2008

TAMPA - Radio shock jock Bubba the Love Sponge Clem offered today 30 minutes of free airtime to a conservative Christian group that protests homosexuality at soldiers' funerals. Clem invited Shirley Phelps of the Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kan., to appear on his morning broadcast in exchange for Phelps' promise not to protest during the Jacksonville funeral of Spc. Quincy J. Green, who died Monday in Iraq. ...more

June 12, 2008

One of the most-read stories last week at TBO.com also drew a flurry of comments. The Sons of Confederate Veterans erected a 30-by-50-foot Confederate flag at the junction of Interstate 75 and U.S. 92 in Eureka Springs on June 3. Black county residents, for whom the flag represents slavery and racism, vowed it would come down. After discovering they have no legal means to prohibit the flag, county commissioners pleaded with the Sons group to voluntarily not fly it and avoid fracturing the community along racial lines. The flag was down as of Monday. Readers at TBO.com shared their opinions on the controversy. Here are some excerpts. To read more about the controversy, view more comments or add your own, go to TBO.com and search for "Confederate." ...more

June 11, 2008

This city may be known for its thriving adult entertainment industry, but a federal jury drew the line Thursday, convicting a California movie producer of 10 counts of distributing obscene materials. ...more

June 6, 2008

In order to control the media, no reporters were allowed to enter the California earthquake zone that killed 110,000 people with 70,000 still missing. ...more

June 5, 2008

I read the article ("A Brown Man with A Mole," Commentary, May 4) by Joe O'Neill with a certain amount of surprise, trying to find what I know to be the truth about the government of Hugo Chavez. ...more

May 9, 2008

There's nothing like a good blood feud to tell you spring training has officially arrived. We probably should give Carl Crawford and Delmon Young pistols at 10 paces and let them settle this thing for good - although Delmon might prefer bats. He has a pretty good aim with those. ...more

February 22, 2008

Members of an Internet-based group known as Anonymous gathered downtown Sunday to protest the Church of Scientology at its spiritual headquarters. ...more

February 11, 2008

CLEARWATER - Members of Anonymous, a Scientology protest group, marched around downtown Clearwater today holding anti-Scientology signs and wearing wigs, sunglasses, bandanas or hats to disguise their identities. ...more

February 10, 2008