TOWN 'N COUNTRY - Exclamations of "Wow!" resounded from the walls as a group of local residents toured the Town 'N Country Commons construction site. ...more

May 21, 2008

Norman Gross, president of the watchdog group Promoting Responsibility in Middle East Reporting, objects to May 3 Charley Reese column on former USF professor Sami Al-Arian. ...more

May 10, 2008

The U.S. intelligence chief said Sunday that internal Hezbollah groups or Syria may be to blame for the killing of a Hezbollah commander that has led the FBI to put domestic terror squads on alert in the United States. ...more

February 18, 2008

LAKEWOOD RANCH - Three people were arrested on Saturday after using their jobs as newspaper carriers to burglarize vehicles in gated communities, Manatee County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

February 11, 2008

Murray Steger of Port Richey says biblical story of creation not at odds with science. ...more

January 29, 2008

TAMPA-- La oportunidad fue tan retadora que no lo pensó dos veces. ...more

January 19, 2008

Regarding "2 Inspectors Under Inquiry Quit" (front page, Dec. 18): The two fire inspectors under inquiry are being rewarded for their misdeeds. By resigning, and the city accepting their resignation, they will receive their pensions and accrued sick and vacation time. Their actions are nothing less than criminal and could have resulted in the loss of lives, the life of someone's son or daughter, husband, mother etc. ...more

December 19, 2007

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Sunday that militant Palestinians, not Israel, are to blame for deteriorating conditions in the sealed-off Gaza Strip, as the United States announced it intends to donate $555 million to the impoverished Palestinians next year. ...more

December 17, 2007

Circuit Judge Monica Sierra is taking an unpaid three-month leave of absence to work on a humanitarian project in Israel. ...more

November 28, 2007

Egypt and Saudi Arabia backed an upcoming U.S.-sponsored Mideast peace conference Saturday as a way to set the stage for a final agreement between Israel and the Palestinians, an Egyptian official said. ...more

November 11, 2007