Day at the water park was highlighted by games, activities and a mermaid show starring County Commissioner Diane Rowden. ...more

August 11, 2008

TAMPA - Two Hillsborough County 911 operators who coached mothers giving birth over the telephone got a chance Thursday to meet and hold the babies they helped bring into the world. ...more

August 7, 2008

C.J. Peck of Tarpon Springs proposes alternative to closing causeway and beach at Fred Howard Park in Tarpon Springs for the entire 2009 summer. ...more

July 26, 2008

Adoption officials said Wednesday that DNA tests indicate a Guatemalan baby reported stolen from her mother was being adopted by a U.S. couple, the first strong sign that the Central American nation's troubled adoption system relied in part on abducted children. ...more

July 24, 2008

Regarding "Jury Finds For Family In Baby's '03 Death" (front page, June 28): ...more

July 2, 2008

The 240 exotic birds flanking the lanai outside Linda and Alan Loehr's place represent what they hope is the beginning of a thriving business. ...more

June 30, 2008

GLOUCESTER, Mass. (AP) - The mayor of Gloucester, Mass. says there is no evidence a group of girls at the city's high school made a pact to become pregnant. ...more

June 23, 2008

NORTH CAROLINA - They aren't America's heaviest newborn twins on record, but they certainly tip the scales: Sean William Maynard and Abigail Rose Maynard weighed in at a combined 23 pounds and 1 ounce at birth this week, a North Carolina hospital announced Friday. ...more

June 22, 2008

Randy Goggin of New Port Richey says charge Barack Obama has a Muslim background is bogus but there are other reasons not to vote for him for president, such as his liberal voting record in the Senate. ...more

June 11, 2008

Dear Abby: My mother is very strict about the use of obscenities, so I don't use them at home. However, I have become close friends with "Mallory," and cuss words are part of her normal speech. ...more

June 8, 2008