James Brown knew all along that he wanted to open a museum to inspire people — especially the poor — to pursue their dreams. So he carefully saved all his belongings, from glittering suits and glossy shoes to the comb he used to neatly sculpt his hair. ...more

February 26, 2009

Sebring City Council heard a request from Darin MacNeill, funeral director at the Stephenson-Nelson Funeral Home and Crematory, to consider an amendment to the city's cemetery ordinance allowing them to store about 50 cremains (cremated remains) in one vault at the city cemetery. ...more

December 18, 2008

A dig north of Rome has turned up the tomb of a nobleman who led Rome's legions in the second century A.D. ...more

October 17, 2008

They always said it would be like this. There would be crazy fans wearing funny hats and people waiting in line to buy tickets. Tropicana Field would be a lively place, not the drab mausoleum with catwalks it is so often depicted to be. There would be noise. There would be victories for the home team. ...more

June 21, 2008

The bristling Red Square parade, once a Soviet standard, enjoyed a revival Friday as phalanxes of hardware, including intercontinental ballistic missiles, rumbled noisily over paving stones to deliver a loud message: The bear is back. ...more

May 10, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG -- Thieves broke into a mausoleum at Royal Palm Cemetery, smashed two glass compartments and stole two urns containing cremated human remains, police said. ...more

February 20, 2008

The assassination of Benazir Bhutto, the charismatic opposition leader who had promised to restore democracy in Pakistan, set off a nationwide wave of grief and fury and raised the specter of violent unrest that could threaten the government of U.S.-backed President Pervez Musharraf. ...more

December 28, 2007

A man fleeing from Tampa police in a Honda Accord early Tuesday crashed into a light pole and tried to hide out in a mausoleum, police said. ...more

November 28, 2007

TAMPA - A man in a stolen Honda Accord fled from police early today, crashed the vehicle into a light pole and tried to hide out in a mausoleum, Tampa police say. ...more

November 27, 2007