The United States insisted Wednesday that it has been taking steps to tackle rising temperatures and that many of its actions to promote energy efficiency and switch to cleaner technologies have been going unnoticed by the rest of the world. ...more

December 13, 2007

In the span of 14 humbling seconds, the Texans transformed a Buccaneer strength into a weakness Sunday. ...more

December 10, 2007

Commissioner Bill Dodson announced Tuesday that he is running for a third term on the city commission. ...more

December 8, 2007

President Bush is expected to announce today an agreement with major mortgage companies to freeze interest rates for five years for financially troubled homeowners - a plan advocates say will help forestall a major foreclosure crisis but some conservatives say amounts to a bailout of people who made bad financial decisions. ...more

December 6, 2007

AVON PARK — Club Toluca and Cruz Azul are well-known soccer teams in Mexico, and they have been formidable teams on Memorial Field as well. The players, many of them immigrants and migrants, converge every Sunday through the winter and the spring to play soccer in the Aztec League, which just began its sixth season. And they don't take their pastime lightly, either. The games have a referee and two assistants flagging each sideline. One can hear an occasional angry scream from the coaches on the sidelines when a call goes against their team, when they're not trying to rally their players during the game. Teams take players living in Wauchula, Lake Placid, Frostproof and beyond the Heartland, with visiting teams occasionally coming from Arcadia and Bradenton. The uniforms even match up with the colors of their namesake teams in Mexico, at least for those based on them. ...more

December 4, 2007

Plant City High football coach Kevin Kelley might have the best idea on how to defeat Armwood. After all, Kelley's Raiders came the closest to knocking off the undefeated Hawks this season, falling 14-10 on Oct. 12. ...more

November 30, 2007

All he wants is a few soccer balls. And if Innocent Chileshe gets his way, he thinks he can take a small step toward helping a continent torn by war. ...more

November 29, 2007

LAKE PLACID — A new beginning. The Lake Placid girls soccer team opens the season with a road match against rival Sebring at 7:30 tonight at Firemen's Field. The Green Dragons will be at a slight disadvantage since some of their players are still involved in other sports, and the Blue Streaks already have a match under their belts. Lake Placid had a strong season last year and made it to the Class 3A-District 8 semifinal. ...more

November 1, 2007

The now-weekly appearance of the injury cart on the turf last week at Ford Field meant that one player's pain had turned into another player's opportunity. And so it was that as receiver Michael Clayton was driven to the locker room with an ankle injury, the time had come for Maurice Stovall to show that all the potential he possesses could translate into production. ...more

October 28, 2007

Tampa Bay returns to the lovely confines of Raymond James Stadium today after a tough road loss. Considering the Bucs are 1-3 away from home, there is obviously something inspirational about the house our tax money built. ...more

October 28, 2007