When it comes to the issues, Dennis Kucinich is less amusing. His extremist positions make his candidacy difficult to take seriously. ...more

January 11, 2008

PLANT CITY - A second candidate has announced intentions to run for the city commission seat presently held by Commissioner Robert Brown. ...more

January 7, 2008

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, Democratic presidential front-runner no longer, accused campaign rival Barack Obama of changing his positions on health care and "a number of issues" Saturday night in a debate three days before the New Hampshire primary. ...more

January 6, 2008

Mike Huckabee's defeat of Mitt Romney in the Iowa caucuses jolted a Republican Party establishment already distressed about the state of its presidential field. ...more

January 5, 2008

Ailing leader Fidel Castro saluted the Cuban people for their "50 years of resistance" against the United States in a written message read on state television shortly before the first minutes of the new year. ...more

January 2, 2008

The newly elected leader of South Africa's ruling party was ordered to stand trial on corruption and other charges next year, possibly derailing his attempts to become president. ...more

December 29, 2007

Dmitry Medvedev, who was just endorsed by President Vladimir Putin as his preferred successor, turned around Tuesday and said he wants Putin to serve as prime minister after presidential elections next March. ...more

December 12, 2007

A former city commissioner and six-time mayor is planning a political comeback. ...more

December 8, 2007

Almost perfect in tone and delivery, Mitt Romney's long-awaited "religion speech" should reassure people of faith and students of American history that he has no intention of pushing the tenets of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints on the nation. ...more

December 7, 2007

PLANT CITY - A former city commissioner and six-time mayor, Mike Sparkman, has announced his intention to run for a city commission seat in 2008. ...more

December 4, 2007