The sweet e-mail, featuring a wagging dog, read: "I read your May 20 article on 20 Reasons to Love Gordon Ramsay," wrote Suzy Machamer of Brooksville. "We have another reason. Our granddaughter is one of this season's last three finalists, the culinary student Christina." ...more

June 25, 2008

You know you've gone too far when you make a nudist blush. ...more

June 25, 2008

BRADENTON — One of Julia Earl's daughters constantly asks her grandparents where her mommy is. They tell her that mommy is sleeping. ...more

June 24, 2008

With her shy and soft-spoken demeanor, 11-year-old Riane Lisnock reminds you of Dorothy from "The Wizard of Oz." ...more

June 15, 2008

Marina R. D'Abreau has been passionate about the environment since she was a small child living on the West Indian island of Trinidad, helping her grandparents in their garden. ...more

June 7, 2008

Motherhood: The wonder, the excitement, the sleepless nights spent wondering what you're supposed to do next. Insert baby books here. Three new manuals are on the market, each covering a different but equally important aspect of motherhood: the mom, the mom with baby and the baby. ...more

May 30, 2008

A backhoe ripped down a mobile home Wednesday where a young mother and her two children were slain. ...more

May 29, 2008

LUTZ - As a demolition crew's backhoe ripped down the walls of a mobile home where a young mother and her two children were found slain, her son's classmates honored them this morning by planting a memorial garden. ...more

May 28, 2008

Death hasn't touched them yet. That's why two teenagers thought vandalizing Sunset Meadows Memorial Park would be "fun." ...more

May 28, 2008

Teenagers who eschewed parental prodding to get on the stick and find a part-time job before school lets out next week could be in for a long, hot, jobless summer. ...more

May 28, 2008