There were worse days for Don and Peggy Cook to have lost their home, but the irony was inescapable: on Veterans Day, the bank was foreclosing. ...more

November 12, 2009

Two months ago, Jacksonville, was threatened with cancellation of its 2009 Veterans Day parade after the City Council cut the parade's funding. Only a firestorm of protests from the city's residents restored the parade. ...more

November 10, 2009

On May 20, the city will have its 84th birthday as an incorporated community. It could be right around that time residents will decide whether the city will see an 85th anniversary. On Tuesday, City Council voted 3-2 to approve on second reading an ordinance calling for a referendum that will ask voters to decide whether the city will continue to exist or be dissolved and absorbed into unincorporated Pasco County. ...more

March 14, 2009

WRESTLING Springstead's 11-match win skein concludes as 15-0 Miami-Columbus notches five pins, 40-38. ROSS, SOTO, KLENOVICH, LORENTSEN, COX GO 5-0 ...more

January 5, 2009

On a morning so divinely ideal for flag-waving and speech-making it surely was kissed by the Creator enshrined in the Declaration of Independence, the defenders of Mr. Jefferson's flame eased into oak-shaded folding chairs to bask, again, in words that never go stale. ...more

November 12, 2008

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers do battle on the football field once a week. Soldiers overseas face real-life hostilities just about every day. ...more

November 11, 2008

Washington Mutual, the giant lender that came to symbolize the excesses of the mortgage boom, was seized by federal regulators Thursday night in an 11th-hour bid to prevent the largest bank failure in American history. ...more

September 26, 2008

Zimbabwe's one-candidate presidential runoff is already a footnote, with the world looking beyond today's electoral charade to how longtime leader Robert Mugabe can be pushed toward real democracy. ...more

June 27, 2008

Florida Hometown Democracy, the amendment that promised to let residents control growth in their communities, is in trouble because of a business-backed group's last-minute petition drive. ...more

January 26, 2008

PGA Tour officials confirmed Wednesday that Tampa Bay's annual tournament is once again looking for a corporate sponsor. ...more

November 28, 2007