On a quiet road in Dover, in the middle of 21/2 acres with a lake out back, 54-year-old Merle McAlpin puts the finishing touches on another batch of elegant walking canes. It is a pastoral scene. ...more

March 11, 2009

Cancer is a word, when uttered by a doctor, that strikes fear in the heart of anyone on the receiving end of the news. But breakthroughs in cancer research give more and more people hope. ...more

February 7, 2009

Apparently, it's a lot harder to write an inaugural address than a lot of people think - even with a little help from the Founding Fathers. ...more

January 18, 2009

The year 1991 will always be impressed upon my memory. ...more

January 11, 2009

A wave of change swept the nation Tuesday, empowering president-elect Barack Obama to point America in a different direction at home and abroad. ...more

November 5, 2008

Audie Grogg, who says a Hillsborough County detention deputy abused him while he was an inmate early this year, was arrested Thursday on a charge of aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer. ...more

September 5, 2008

TAMPA - Audie Grogg, who says a Hillsborough County detention deputy abused him while he was an inmate early this year, was arrested today on a charge of aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer. ...more

September 4, 2008

Americans are raiding their already fragile retirement piggy banks to weather financial hardships such as unemployment, medical emergencies and buying a home. ...more

July 17, 2008

Audie Grogg says a Hillsborough County detention deputy abused him while he was an inmate early this year, and his attorney filed a notice this week saying Grogg intends to sue. ...more

June 13, 2008

TAMPA - Audie Grogg says a Hillsborough County detention deputy abused him while he was an inmate early this year, and his attorney filed a notice this week saying Grogg intends to sue. Jail video shows Grogg swung a crutch in the direction of a deputy and that the deputy took him to the ground right after. ...more

June 12, 2008