Maybe it's the rising price of gas and food that's making more Florida smokers kick the habit. Maybe it's the growing societal pressure not to light up. More likely, it's the surge of dollars into an advertising campaign - the result of a constitutional amendment voters passed two years ago. ...more

June 28, 2008

Developer Michael DeMarcay never considered putting condominiums on the 7.9 acres that Synergy Properties bought from the city five years ago. ...more

June 18, 2008

As of today, anglers fishing for grouper, snapper and other reef species in the Gulf of Mexico are required to follow a new set of rules regarding how they fish, and how they release the fish they catch. The rules, put in place by the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, are aimed at improving survival of released fish. ...more

June 1, 2008

SEMINOLE - The roughly 20,000 fingerling bass put into Lake Seminole today got the shock of their young lives. The largemouth bass raised for two months at a state hatchery went from pampered to prey in the harsh real world of predators and finding their own food. ...more

May 28, 2008

A college degree is a good thing. For many people it increases their ability to find work in a field they like. Even so, it is not the answer for everyone. When the experts insist that everyone needs to go to college, what is a high schooler to do? Some come from families that can afford to send them, but so many students find themselves getting deeper and deeper in debt, in order to attain that prized college diploma. I certainly do not scoff at such an achievement, but it does not guarantee a job. ...more

May 26, 2008

Dear Abby: Last year, my husband, "Steve," was scheduled for bypass surgery. He told everyone - all our friends and relatives - that he planned to stop smoking afterward. ...more

May 18, 2008

Oh those troublesome cell phones. In the hands of high school students, they can become a way to cheat or bully others. And pity the poor teacher delivering an important lesson while students surreptitiously text their friends. ...more

May 8, 2008

Freedom goaltender Chris Burt was still in a bit of a fog. It was understandable, considering the game he'd just played. ...more

February 16, 2008

The Phoenix Suns acquired Shaquille O'Neal in a stunning, blockbuster deal that sent four-time All-Star Shawn Marion and Marcus Banks to the Miami Heat. ...more

February 7, 2008

The Bucs' defensive players intensely examined film of New York Giants running back Brandon Jacobs this week, and each had the same conclusion. ...more

January 5, 2008