Elizabeth Powell's next-door neighbors like the idea of a new Rays stadium so much they've planted three "Let's Build The Ballpark" signs on their front lawn. ...more

May 9, 2008

Elizabeth Powell's next-door neighbors like the idea of a new Rays stadium so much they've planted three "Let's Build The Ballpark" signs on their front lawn. ...more

May 8, 2008

I was supposed to meet Charlie at Canterbury Tower for lunch. He wanted to talk about Dudley Clendinen's new book, "A Place Called Canterbury," coming out this month. ...more

May 4, 2008

LAKE PLACID — Wearing seat belts prevented Lake Placid Police Chief Phil Williams and his wife Margie from being seriously injured on Sunday afternoon on County Road 621 near Holmes Road. "My wife called out, 'Lookout, he's stopping,'" Williams said Monday morning. ...more

February 25, 2008

AVON PARK — Just in case they haven't been paying attention to the news, Judy Puffen gave high school students a personal account of what Iraq is like: frequent sandstorms, constant danger, grinding poverty, unvarying boredom. "Please let me come home before I die," former Sgt. 1st Class Puffen said she would think. She was one of the first American soldiers to go there after Operation Iraqi Freedom commenced in 2003. "It was all sand over there," she said. "The first thing I wanted to do when I got home was kiss the grass. It was like biblical times. The houses were made of adobe — mud." "What kind of weapon did you carry," asked one student in Amy Love's American History class. "An M-16," Puffen said, a 22-year veteran. Even though her job was administrative and financial, she carried a rifle. ...more

February 23, 2008

TAMPA -- A man charged in connection with the death of his 22-month-old son denied harming the child, saying, "I'm not that type of person." ...more

February 14, 2008

Some teachers work their entire careers and are not recognized for their efforts. But not Shari Storch. ...more

January 30, 2008

Don't Blame Cameras Regarding "Red-Light Cameras Don't Stop Accidents" (Other views, Jan 23): ...more

January 26, 2008

It always amazes me how right wingers respond when presented with facts. It is obvious they can't accept facts because facts disturb their little comfort zone, which the neo-con, globalist controlled corporate media has built for them. They like to dismiss facts as "volatile diatribe" or "violent cacophony" or worse. The person presenting the facts is immediately labeled a radical, liberal, angry hate-monger. For your enlightenment, Mr. Gallagher, here are some facts. I am a Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, Eisenhower-type Republican and no one is more true conservative than I. I also find it disgusting that you feel free to define my objectives with respect to my military career, when you don't even know me. Here are some more facts sir: ...more

January 19, 2008

Even if it appears that the play of C Vinny Lecavalier has gone largely unnoticed in some NHL circles this season, the fans are paying attention. ...more

January 9, 2008