SARASOTA - Skip Dyrda is fed up with Drag Queen Bingo at the neighboring Canvas Cafe, a weekly event that highlights drag queens hollering bingo numbers and off-color jokes into a megaphone less than 20 feet from Dyrda's home. ...more

December 13, 2007

Uncertainty over a state investment fund left government officials with little definitive information Friday, even after face-to-face meetings here with the state's chief financial officer. ...more

December 8, 2007

The suicide of a Missouri teenager who was harassed online by a friend's mother makes you wonder what has become of good sense and good manners in this wired society. ...more

December 6, 2007

State Rep. Bob Allen's attorney doubts an impartial jury can be seated when the lawmaker's sex solicitation trial starts today. ...more

November 4, 2007

Bad call. There's no other way to say it. ...more

October 28, 2007

Rutgers University junior Ray Rice is not the fastest running back in America. He's definitely not the biggest (5-foot-9, 205 pounds). ...more

October 16, 2007

The Bulls crowd is getting Buccaneers-sized. Parking and traffic around Raymond James Stadium are taking on NFL proportions now that the University of South Florida football program is attracting national attention and legions of Bulls fans. ...more

October 13, 2007

Friday's boot camp verdict represented a defeat for Hillsborough County State Attorney Mark Ober's office in a case that has drawn national attention. ...more

October 13, 2007

Hoping to give students an additional break during the second semester, Hillsborough County parents want to squeeze a long weekend into next year's school calendar. ...more

October 12, 2007

Now that he knows he will start Saturday's game against N.C. State, Florida State QB Xavier Lee is focused on keeping the job, something he was unable to do last season. ...more

October 2, 2007