TAMPA - Amid the international supermodels and voluptuous celebrities who are in the 2008 swimsuit edition of Sports Illustrated is Tampa's Milly Figuereo. ...more

February 11, 2008

A recent column of mine pointed out, among other things, that Sen. John McCain's performance, while on active duty in the Navy, appears to have been less than stellar. ...more

February 8, 2008

The City Commission had more concerns than enthusiasm Thursday night for the details surrounding a Florida Communities Trust grant the city could use to buy coastal land north of downtown. Despite those misgivings, commissioners approved the contract the city would have to sign before it could receive the money from the FCT. ...more

February 8, 2008

HOUSTON - Shuttle Atlantis chased the international space station in orbit Friday as its crew of seven astronauts prepared for a laser inspection of their ship's wings. ...more

February 8, 2008

One billion people may die of tobacco-related illness this century, almost all of them in developing countries, the World Health Organization warned Thursday as it rolled out an unprecedented global campaign to limit the spread of smoking. ...more

February 8, 2008

MySpace users will be able to add games, e-mail services and other features from outside developers without ever leaving the site under a new program the popular online community will fully launch next month. ...more

February 6, 2008

A sunflower seed company in the middle of the frozen prairie is trying to help fans save "The 4400," a science fiction show axed last month by USA Network. ...more

February 4, 2008

TAMPA - Perhaps to see if the Beatles have truly universal appeal, NASA plans to beam one of the group's songs into space toward the North Star. ...more

January 31, 2008

Two astronauts pulled off a riskier and trickier-than-usual spacewalk Wednesday, replacing a failed electric motor and giving the International Space Station a much-needed power boost. ...more

January 31, 2008