Rival candidates Bill Foster and Kathleen Ford are both white former city council members who work as lawyers. The similarities end there. ...more

October 30, 2009

The year was 1959, and the nation was recovering from a recession. Unemployment was at 1.4 million; foreign relations were strained as Fidel Castro came to power in Cuba; and motorists were complaining about a 2-cent rise in gas prices to 32 cents a gallon. ...more

October 30, 2009

The 37 Athenian Academy of Pasco students stared at the dark, narrow cave entrance with growing skepticism. When they embarked on this excursion to the Dames Caves along the Hernando and Citrus county line, most of the students imagined a leisurely stroll into an underground chamber with plenty of head room. ...more

October 30, 2009

The University of South Florida's two-game slump - including dropped passes, missed tackles and physical mistakes - has been compounded by a sobering statistic. ...more

October 30, 2009

Law enforcement officers will lift their kickstands Saturday in memory of Ron Harrison, a Hillsborough County sheriff's sergeant known to many as the face of DUI checkpoints. ...more

October 30, 2009

Authorities have finally laid to rest a case of skullduggery that started more than 20 years ago. ...more

October 30, 2009

One professor called it spiteful. Another said it was far-fetched. Those were the reactions Wednesday to U.S Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite's request that President Barack Obama get the permission of Congress before he accepts the Nobel Peace Prize. ...more

October 29, 2009

After splitting their first four meetings, something will be decidedly different when the University of South Florida hosts No. 20 West Virginia on Friday. ...more

October 29, 2009

The cafeteria went dark during Gaither High School's homecoming dance as it came time to crown the king and the queen. ...more

October 29, 2009

USF cornerback Quenton Washington will face childhood friend West Virginia RB Noel Devine on Saturday. ...more

October 28, 2009