It took time, but Israeli police detectives have cracked one of the country's greatest crimes - the legendary heist of a priceless clock collection from a Jerusalem museum a quarter century ago. ...more

November 4, 2008

Everybody loves a parade, especially the people of Philadelphia who haven't had anything to cheer about in, oh, about a quarter century or so. ...more

November 3, 2008

A private firm may be asked to run the city's sewer treatment plant in light of much-needed infrastructure improvements to the plant and a possible loss of key staffers. ...more

October 20, 2008

The latest report from Education Week finds that less than half of all African-American students, many of whom live in poverty, graduate from high school in Florida. That's a staggering statistic, and none of us who believe public education is a sacred trust can rest until we try everything possible to reach every child who is poor and disadvantaged. Only in a polarized political environment, then, could a program offering a few of those children a different learning option be viewed by well-meaning people as an affront to public schools. ...more

October 18, 2008

Social Security checks are going up $63 a month for the typical retiree, the largest increase in more than a quarter century but likely to seem puny to the millions who have been watching in horror as Wall Street lays waste to their retirement nest eggs. ...more

October 17, 2008

"Can't" perhaps becomes the biggest hurdle for blind people. For a quarter century, Lighthouse for the Visually Impaired and Blind has been the beacon for some 20,000 people to find a path out of darkness. ...more

September 3, 2008

Joe Taylor considers coaching his ministry. He might need a miracle to restore football glory overnight at Florida A&M. ...more

August 29, 2008

Humbled by a cold, George Michael said the Saturday night's audience might not get the best of him but would get the best he could. ...more

August 2, 2008

PLANT CITY As area berry farmers begin to prepare the fields for a new season, their state trade group has completed its nationwide search for a new leader. ...more

August 1, 2008

Shipwreck salvagers have recovered a gold chalice while searching for the wreckage of a Spanish galleon off the Florida Keys. ...more

June 26, 2008