It's anybody's guess what might be going on behind the doors of Hyde Park Fine Arts on Friday night. ...more

February 6, 2008

Bucs LB Derrick Brooks is used to pitching Tampa Bay's amenities to potential free agents, but he spent Friday selling his hometown to anyone who would listen. ...more

February 2, 2008

George Habash, whose radical Palestine Liberation Organization faction gained notoriety after the simultaneous hijackings of four Western airliners in 1970 and the seizure of an Air France flight to Entebbe, Uganda, died Saturday in Jordan. He was 81. ...more

January 27, 2008

LAKE PLACID — Minnie Jones saw Highway Park evolve over the 57 years of her life. "It was small ... not rough, just a small community where everybody raised your kids," Jones said of the Highway Park of her childhood. It was segregated and not prosperous, but otherwise calm and close-knit. She even remembered neighbors spanking her kids if they acted up, and she did the same to theirs. She then remembered the next generation. "The parents say, 'don't holler at my kids.'" The generation after that? "You're scared of the kids now." That fear isn't shared by everyone living there, but the crime some of them brought to the small neighborhood south of Lake Placid provoked community leaders and the Highlands County Sheriff's Office to turn the neighborhood around. By many accounts, the violence has ebbed over the past year since sheriff deputies picked up their patrols in the neighborhood. Residents remain divided, however, over the extent of the progress and what else needs to be done to both shed the neighborhood's notoriety and bring its youth up. ...more

January 13, 2008

He hasn't raised a penny in contributions, doesn't have a campaign manager and knows that most Democratic Party officials don't take him seriously. ...more

January 11, 2008

SEBRING — Smells of barbeque will be wafting through the air this weekend at Fireman's Field as cooks fire up their grills for the annual Central Florida Barbecue Festival. "If you drive by here with your windows down, the smell is enough to make your mouth water," said Skip Adams, co-chair of the barbecue festival. "The smell alone will be enough to draw you in." About 40 teams will set up tents and grills at Firemen's Field for the competition, with the main contests Saturday in ribs, chicken, brisket and pulled pork. ...more

January 10, 2008

Drew Danielo has been the reigning world wakesurfing champion for three years, earning him a decent salary and amazing perks. ...more

December 29, 2007

Tennessee junior RB Arian Foster had a sour taste in his mouth after last year's Outback Bowl, and for good reason. Foster lost two fumbles in the game that led to 10 Penn State points, the difference in a 20-10 Vols setback. ...more

December 27, 2007

The young blonde who once worked as a waitress in a Sun City Center restaurant and now sweeps floors in her mother's Ruskin barber shop has aspirations for television stardom and is certain she could write a best-selling book. ...more

December 22, 2007

Micheal Spurlock finally had to stop answering his telephone Sunday night after making history a few hours earlier. ...more

December 17, 2007