Peter Gabriel's minute in the Oscars spotlight will lack one important element: Peter Gabriel. The Academy Award-nominated singer won't perform at the Feb. 22 ceremony to protest an apparently revamped presentation of best original song contenders. Gabriel says in a video on his Web site that he objects to the songs being shortened to 65 seconds apiece and made part of a medley. ...more

February 13, 2009

The 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin will be marked at noon today at the University of South Florida, one of hundreds of events set to observe the day. ...more

February 12, 2009

The Winter Pride Tampa Bay Festival has been canceled. The gay pride event, which has been held since 2006 and was scheduled for Feb. 28 at Al Lopez Park, was nixed because organizers were unable to cover the costs, according to published reports on at least three gay rights Web sites. ...more

February 6, 2009

The Winter Pride Tampa Bay Festival has been canceled. ...more

February 5, 2009

Twelve year old Amanda Poyot has been singing since she could talk. ...more

February 3, 2009

The football event of the season has been canceled. No, not the one at Raymond James Stadium. The one with scantily clad women playing tackle football at Caliente Spa and Resort, a clothing-optional community. The Lingerie Bowl has been officially canceled, Stephon McMillen, a spokesman for the Lingerie Football League, announced Sunday in an e-mail. ...more

January 26, 2009

Two buses filled with more than 100 people from the Bay area are on their way to Washington, D.C. this morning to be part of history. ...more

January 19, 2009

Organizers of Lingerie Bowl VI have found a new field to play on: the Caliente nudist resort in central Pasco County. ...more

January 16, 2009

If organizers of Lingerie Bowl VI are still planning to hold the controversial two-day event in Tampa Super Bowl weekend, they'll have to find a new field to play on. ...more

January 15, 2009

Can you run up 42 flights of stairs without collapsing of exhaustion? If so, the Tampa Bay chapter of the American Lung Association wants to hear from you. The association is preparing to hold its annual "Climb Tampa" challenge in March, where dozens of brave souls race to the top of the 42-story Bank of America building in downtown. ...more

January 14, 2009