When a man sounding remarkably like President-elect Barack Obama called a Florida congresswoman Wednesday, she assumed it was a crank call. So Republican Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen hung up. But, the Miami Herald reports, this was no prank. ...more

December 4, 2008

President-elect Barack Obama has chosen New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson to be commerce secretary, adding a prominent Hispanic and one-time Democratic rival to his expanding Cabinet. ...more

November 23, 2008

He caressed her hair with the same loving hands famous for killing the 35th president of the United States. ...more

November 22, 2008

Cuba, hit by three hurricanes this season, is struggling through a new cycle of hard times. Its rich northern neighbor, Florida, is in recession and also could use some economic help. ...more

November 19, 2008

Cuba's communist leadership has long cast itself as David standing up to the U.S. Goliath and the crippling force of America's punitive trade and travel embargo. ...more

November 9, 2008

Cuba's communist leadership has long cast itself as David standing up to the U.S. Goliath and the crippling force of America's punitive trade and travel embargo. ...more

November 8, 2008

Fidel Castro praised Barack Obama Tuesday as smarter and less warlike than John McCain, but stopped short of endorsing either U.S. presidential candidate. ...more

November 4, 2008

If Pasco County Supervisor of Elections Brian Corley and challenger Pat Carroll are actually friendly rivals for Corley's job, they disguised it well. ...more

October 25, 2008

If Pasco County Supervisor of Elections Brian Corley and challenger Pat Carroll are actually friendly rivals for Corley's job, they disguised it well. A combustible pair, Corley and Carroll were two of more than a dozen local candidates who answered questions from a crowd of about 40 Thursday night at St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church at Seventh Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. The event was organized by the Pasco County NAACP. Corley, a New Port Richey Republican appointed to the post by Gov. Charlie Crist last year, and Democrat Carroll, a Wesley Chapel resident with a law practice in New Tampa, often wrinkled their brows and shook their heads while the other spoke. ...more

October 24, 2008

Did I mention that the Philadelphia Phillies and their rather distasteful fans hate your guts? They want to eat your puppies and drink your blood. They are also Satan worshippers. As well, they are known terrorists, communist sympathizers and pals with Kim Jong-il, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Fidel Castro. ...more

October 21, 2008