"Serena!" squealed Lola Marion as she trotted to the table in the rear of the Borders bookstore. "You are gorgeous, absolutely gorgeous!" Such was the sentiment of much of the crowd that greeted Serena Williams at her book-signing Thursday at Borders, 909 N. Dale Mabry Highway. The signing lasted about 30 minutes for the group of nearly 200 people. ...more

September 18, 2009

Reeling from the worst attack ever aimed at homosexuals in Israel, members of the country's gay community and their supporters rallied Sunday in the heart of Tel Aviv a day after a masked gunman killed two people at a center for gay youth and escaped. ...more

August 3, 2009

Jason Hammel today committed the one unforgivable sin for any Rays pitcher—let alone one fighting for a rotation spot—and he wasn't pleased about it. ...more

March 24, 2009

Wall Street has had its best day of 2009, storming higher on good news from Citigroup. ...more

March 10, 2009

In art, the term "mixed media" refers to artwork made from a combination of materials. The media is about as mixed as it gets among the 101 entries in the 12th annual Art of Recycling competition. ...more

February 4, 2009

The weakening economy hit area builders extra hard at the end of 2008, when new home starts hit a record low. ...more

January 23, 2009

Russell Peck got to utter the words he'd hoped to say at Progress Energy's open house on the proposed new transmission lines Wednesday evening. ...more

January 16, 2009

Gail Brown gave herself a very nice present for her seventy-first birthday. ...more

December 9, 2008

Fresh from a victory at the polls on Nov. 4, advocates of a change in Hillsborough County's style of government are setting their sights on 2010. ...more

November 16, 2008

Florida's leading Democrats say an Obama victory translates to success for their party in a state that has leaned Republican over several presidential elections. ...more

November 4, 2008