HARDCOVER BEST-SELLERS Fiction 1. "Ford County," by John Grisham (Doubleday, $24). Stories set in rural Mississippi. ...more

November 22, 2009

"The Darkest Summer: Pusan and Inchon 1950, The Battles That Saved South Korea - and the Marines - From Extinction," by Bill Sloan (Simon & Schuster, $27) ...more

November 22, 2009

This being Veterans Day, our thoughts turn to those serving in the military, past and present. And there are TV programs today that honor them. ...more

November 11, 2009

In his 24 years in the U.S. House of Representatives, one of the duties that held the most personal meaning to Michael Bilirakis was serving on the House Veterans Committee. As a Korean War veteran, he shares a bond with all who have served. Bilirakis, who left the House at the end of 2006, is now spearheading a project to ensure that the experiences of all local veterans are remembered in a way that will continue to serve their community. ...more

October 24, 2009

John McCain will be the host of AMC cable network's Memorial Day weekend marathon of movies celebrating war heroes. ...more

April 30, 2009

James Whitmore, a leading character actor whose craggy face became a familiar one to film, television and stage audiences for decades and who won wide acclaim for a pair of one-man performances, as the humorist Will Rogers and a vinegary Harry S. Truman, died Friday at his home in Malibu, Calif. He was 87. ...more

February 8, 2009

Lets face it: Losing weight is no picnic. Dropping the fat and keeping it off takes sweat, tears and a lot of support from friends, family and, yes, strangers. ...more

February 6, 2009

The problem with our view of history is we revere the violence rather than review the issues that caused it. Movies display in detail the attack on Pearl Harbor, the D-Day invasion, the Battle of the Bulge. Re-enactors playing dress-up perform in Kabuki-like ritual, a dumb show, reliving the carnage of Civil War battles, parading about old battlefields, while we dissect the tactics, the geography of military movement but rarely focus on the causes, the events which brought us into conflict. ...more

December 8, 2008

Young and old alike were drawn to the Temple Terrace Family Recreation Complex to be part of the city-sponsored Veterans Day ceremony and the free lunch that followed. ...more

November 19, 2008

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September 6, 2008