The Sears Tower, one of the world's iconic skyscrapers and the tallest building in the United States, was renamed the Willis Tower on Thursday in a ceremony downtown, marking a new chapter in the history of a giant edifice that has dominated the Chicago skyline for nearly four decades. ...more

July 17, 2009

Five years ago, musician Gary Filip traded the skyscrapers and smoke-filled bars of Chicago for the sunshine and scrub of the Heartland. ...more

November 18, 2008

Developers will be urged, but not required, to think mass transit when proposing projects in Hillsborough County. ...more

October 27, 2008

State officials mounted the largest rescue operation in Texas history on Sunday, taking nearly 2,000 people by boat and helicopter out of flood-ravaged towns on the Texas coast in the aftermath of Hurricane Ike. ...more

September 15, 2008

Britain's second-largest city, Birmingham, has a new skyline - only it belongs to its Alabama namesake. ...more

August 15, 2008

A midtown Manhattan skyscraper that is home to The New York Times became the site of twin daredevil stunts Thursday, with two men scaling the 52-story office tower within a matter of hours. ...more

June 6, 2008

TAMPA Fine art photographer Todd McDonald, 48, may have grown up in Iowa and only lately moved come to Tampa, but his primary passion these days is his adopted city and the opportunity for photographs it presents to him. ...more

November 30, 2007