The Tampa Bay Rays have traded second baseman Akinori Iwamura to the Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for right-handed relief pitcher Jesse Chavez. ...more

November 4, 2009

Ag-Mart Produce, a local tomato grower and shipper, has been planting another kind of seed: ones to benefit humanity. ...more

November 4, 2009

It is easy to understand why foreigners dislike the USA. ...more

January 30, 2009

It is easy to understand why foreigners dislike the USA. Night after night on our own and foreign television and in the press, America is portrayed as a violent, prejudiced and greedy nation that has accumulated wealth and power through exploiting foreign nations. ...more

January 30, 2009

Witnesses heard five gunshots and later saw Andres Chavez pull a silver handgun from the front of his jeans, wave it in the air and throw it to the ground Monday night, Hillsborough County deputies say. ...more

December 16, 2008

Years ago I wrote an article about us going over to Iraq, that it would be one of the worst decisions we ever made. Now instead of coming home and protecting our borders, they want to spend three more years over there? ...more

November 30, 2008

TUESDAY SCORES Oct. 21, 2008 ...more

October 22, 2008

Years ago, the federal government bailed out the savings and loan banks. ...more

September 20, 2008

JACKSONVILLE - The group charged with cleaning up the state's foster care system after one child went missing and another was found dead released its first recommendations for change Wednesday. Ideas ranged from collecting DNA samples from foster children to allow better tracking to ensuring all adults living in a foster home have background checks to following up on previous requirements from the Department of Children & Families that foster care children be seen on a monthly basis. ...more

October 11, 2007