The Pinellas County Classroom Teachers Association filed suit against the school board Tuesday, saying the board reneged on a promise to go back to a maximum five teaching periods a day for middle school teachers. ...more

January 22, 2009

The Pinellas County teachers union filed suit against the Pinellas School Board on Tuesday, claiming the board failed to revert to a maximum five periods of teaching per day for middle school teachers at the beginning of the year. ...more

January 21, 2009

Pinellas County middle school teachers have won a battle over the number of classes they are required to teach each day. ...more

December 1, 2008

LAKEVILLE, Minn. - The anger is getting raw at Republican rallies and John McCain is acting to tamp it down. McCain was booed by his own supporters Friday when, in an abrupt switch from raising questions about Barack Obama's character, he described the Democrat as a "decent person and a person that you do not have to be scared of as president of the United States." ...more

October 10, 2008

It's been 10 months but the question lingers: Who killed Dominique Lewis? ...more

October 7, 2008

Who killed Dominique Lewis? ...more

October 7, 2008

The county public works employee fired last month for asking a coworker for sex, plans to fight for his job. ...more

September 9, 2008

No. 2 draft pick Pedro Alvarez refused to sign his contract with the Pittsburgh Pirates, and the players' association filed a grievance Wednesday claiming the Aug. 15 deadline was unilaterally extended by Major League Baseball without the union's permission. ...more

August 28, 2008

Barry Bonds has no desire to play for an independent minor-league team in an effort to spur interest among major-league clubs. ...more

June 26, 2008

It wasn't quite a gag order, but in a closed-door meeting last weekend at Michigan, NASCAR president Mike Helton asked drivers to quit criticizing the Car of Tomorrow in the media. ...more

June 18, 2008