Memorial Day is upon us again, while our American troops wage war on two fronts. We live in strange times here in the United States. ...more

May 9, 2008

CARROLLWOOD Three months since cutting the ceremonial ribbon, the Carrollwood Cultural Center seems to be past its opening jitters. ...more

May 7, 2008

Touch-screen voting machines likely performed properly and were not to blame for the large number of undervotes in the District 13 congressional election in 2006, federal investigators said in a draft report obtained Wednesday by The Associated Press. ...more

February 7, 2008

The Bush administration is sending strong signals that U.S. troop reductions in Iraq will slow or stop altogether this summer, a move that would jeopardize hopes of relieving strain on the Army and Marine Corps and revive debate over an open-ended U.S. commitment in Iraq. ...more

January 30, 2008

TAMPA - A Tampa center that makes it easier for domestic violence victims to break from abusive relationships is set to close next month after a yearlong struggle for financial support. ...more

January 23, 2008

Kelli Ackett didn't sell her house outright at the Big Top Flea Market. But she did get six potential buyers - and one date - out of her six hours in a booth at the Fowler Avenue institution. ...more

January 23, 2008

Kelli Ackett has tried all the usual means to sell her house. She tried to market by herself. She held yard sales to try to attract buyers. She listed it with Zephyrhills real estate broker Bill Nye, who has put the property online and in local newspapers. ...more

January 19, 2008

Kelli Ackett has tried all the usual means to sell her house. She tried to sell it by herself. She held yard sales to try to attract buyers. She listed it with Zephyrhills real estate broker Bill Nye, who has put the property on the Internet and in local newspapers. ...more

January 18, 2008

Sixty-one percent of defendants sentenced in the Bush administration's crackdown on corporate fraud spent no more than two years in prison, escaping the stiff penalties given WorldCom Inc. and Enron Corp. executives. ...more

December 13, 2007

SEBRING — After spending 15 months of his 12-month deployment in Camp Speicher, Iraq, Army Spc. Brice DuBoice was ready to return home. DuBoice worked with the hospitable and dealt with the hostile while anxiously waiting for news on his 9-month-old son, Ian, who underwent open heart surgery three days after birth. Neither he nor his family expected him to make it home to Sebring from Fort Knox, Ky., in time for Thanksgiving, but he got a short leave and flew down Wednesday. That same day, Ian was able to go home with his mother. ...more

November 26, 2007