The view from Doug and Lisa Bambauer's breakfast nook is, so to speak, unspoiled. ...more

February 11, 2008

Long lines, a shortage of poll workers and unprecedented numbers of mail-in ballots could delay vote counts in the biggest-ever Super Tuesday in American politics - a day in which nearly half the nation will cast ballots. ...more

February 4, 2008

Trains, which played critical roles in America's move westward, were of special significance to an estimated 200,000 children in 19th century New York City. ...more

January 27, 2008

A delegation of Pasco County legislators and officials made a pitch to Gov. Charlie Crist on Wednesday morning to keep the Cross Bar Ranch on Florida Forever's "A" list for acquisition. ...more

January 24, 2008

Kelli Ackett has tried all the usual means to sell her house. She tried to market by herself. She held yard sales to try to attract buyers. She listed it with Zephyrhills real estate broker Bill Nye, who has put the property online and in local newspapers. ...more

January 19, 2008

Kelli Ackett has tried all the usual means to sell her house. She tried to sell it by herself. She held yard sales to try to attract buyers. She listed it with Zephyrhills real estate broker Bill Nye, who has put the property on the Internet and in local newspapers. ...more

January 18, 2008

How can I find out which channels have been moved and where they have been relocated? ...more

December 11, 2007

PLANT CITY - With no new leads and no break in the case, the owners of two slain and mutilated baby pigs decided to turn up the heat by placing a half-page newspaper advertisement. ...more

November 23, 2007

Martha Kostyra, whose daughter Martha Stewart credits her with teaching her many domestic tricks and techniques, has died at a hospital near her home in Weston, Conn. She was 93. ...more

November 18, 2007

AVON PARK — Apparently, a lot of cops want to live here. In the six weeks since the police chief's job has been advertised, 58 officers have applied, and they are qualified. "I have applications from three who claim they have law degrees," said City Manager C.B. Shirey. "Two have Ph.D.s. I have a lot who have been in the education side or the administrative side of law enforcement, or who have had special duties." One, a United Nations police officer, is an expert knife fighter, Shirey said. "Some are retired already, and some are overqualified," Shirey said. "It makes you wonder why they want to come to Avon Park. Some may just have the moving-to-Florida syndrome." Advertisements were placed in local newspapers, on the city's Web site, with the Florida League of Cities and the International Police Chief's Association. ...more

November 17, 2007