TAMPA - A Tampa couple vying for a $100,000 dream wedding jumped to an early but slim lead in the Us magazine online voting, which opened this morning. They are competing against two other couples. Courtney Dempsey, 33, and Gary Courtney, 37, beat out thousands of other couples in their hunt for an elaborate wedding, and a final push last month put them into the top three. ...more

July 2, 2008

CHICAGO - Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama's campaign announced Friday that he will campaign with former rival Hillary Rodham Clinton next week, a step toward unifying a fractured Democratic Party after a bruising primary fight. ...more

June 20, 2008

This week, expect a fading afternoon feeding migration — which started with the new moon last Tuesday — and a rapid building of a new morning feeding migration brought on by the first quarter moon phase, which happens at 3:04 p.m. Tuesday. If we experience rain during the night, the very early morning bite (5 a.m. to 7 a.m.) — should be very good. If not, the affects of the moon will trigger fish to move into feeding areas by 8 a.m. This new morning feeding migration will increase in intensity and duration dramatically each day for the next seven days. ...more

June 8, 2008

DUNEDIN -- Only a decibel meter salesman might have felt enthusiastic at Tuesday night's conclusion of the city's latest noise task force meeting. ...more

May 31, 2008

Thousands of workers at U.S. Sugar thought they were getting a good deal when the company shelved their pension plan and gave them stock for their retirement instead. They had a heady sense of controlling their own destiny as they became the company's biggest shareholders, Vic McCorvey, a former farm manager there, said. ...more

May 29, 2008

Memorial Day is upon us again, while our American troops wage war on two fronts. We live in strange times here in the United States. ...more

May 9, 2008

A Lakewood High School teacher has agreed to a seven-day suspension after it was discovered he had downloaded pornography on his school-issued laptop computer, according to Pinellas County School Board documents. ...more

February 21, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG -- A Lakewood High School teacher has agreed to a seven-day suspension after it was discovered he had downloaded pornography on his school-issued laptop computer, according to Pinellas County School Board documents. ...more

February 21, 2008

TAMPA In spite of a forecast that suggested gas prices would remain stable, costs at the pump went up by more than five cents per gallon last week in Florida. ...more

January 2, 2008

In spite of a forecast that suggested gas prices would remain stable, costs at the pump went up by more than five cents per gallon last week in Florida. ...more

December 31, 2007