NEW YORK (AP) — Of the many countries participating at the Vancouver Olympics, add Colbert Nation to the list. ...more

November 3, 2009

Veterans eligible for the Post-9/11 GI Bill can attend Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University at little or no cost under a program scheduled to begin in the 2009-10 academic year, school officials said. ...more

July 14, 2009

Veterans, community members and children get into formation with soldiers at Godman Airfield at Fort Knox, Ky., last week in an effort to set a world record. More than 2,200 people joined to help make the world's largest human formation of a yellow ribbon. The Army says the previous record of 1,358 was set May 14 at U.S. Army Garrison-Ansbach in Germany. ...more

November 10, 2008

With a loud "welcome to Wal-Mart" from Mayor Sharon Schuler and a snip of her giant scissors, the yellow ribbon fell to the ground and about 100 customers found their way into the Supercenter. ...more

August 14, 2008

TOWN 'N COUNTRY - Jackie Miller and several hundred neighbors didn't let rain dampen their patriotic spirit during the annual Tampa Scottish Rite Patriotic Flag Day. ...more

June 14, 2008

Some of us wear our patriotism on our sleeves. Or our lapels. Some stick it on the family car, in the shape of a yellow ribbon. It can be seen flying from the front porch or peeking out from under a sleeve, in an inky salute. ...more

May 26, 2008

In this time of an unpopular, protracted war, which is draining money from a struggling economy, the question of how to show patriotism is more complicated than ever. Some complain that the symbols we use to show loyalty to homeland have morphed into pro-war emblems. Stickers, flags, ribbons and pins carry new meaning, now that the war debate is politicized. Those who show them resent that the display is taken as a political stance. To them, it is still a deeply meaningful demonstration of their love of country — whether or not they love its politics. ...more

May 23, 2008

TAMPA "They found nothing." That's what a homeowner wrote on a sign in front of an empty South Tampa house where Temple Terrace police have ripped up floors in hopes of solving the disappearance of Sandra Hamby Prince. ...more

January 23, 2008

Just outside the security gate, Mom locks one arm around Dad and dabs a moist eye with a tissue. With poinsettias blazing along the terminal corridors, this Christmas reunion scene at Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport might well be lost to anonymity. ...more

December 24, 2007

Not long after Jan Donahue's husband left for a two-year tour of duty in Iraq, one of her neighbors tied a yellow ribbon around a tree in the Donahue's yard. ...more

November 10, 2007