Natalia Pablo-Apreza sat quietly at her table in the St. Pete Times Forum restaurant, the downtown high-rises standing tall behind her through the windows. ...more

December 19, 2007

Natalia Pablo-Apreza sat quietly at her table in the St. Pete Times Forum restaurant, the downtown high-rises standing tall behind her through the windows. ...more

December 17, 2007

At Alex's Southern Style BBQ, ordering smoked meat has become synonymous with helping needy kids get bikes for the holidays. ...more

November 13, 2007

At Alex's Southern Style BBQ, ordering smoked meat has become synonymous with helping needy kids get bikes for the holidays. ...more

November 7, 2007

Although it entails months of work to pull off, time away from her family and more hassle during the hectic holiday season, Becky Goble says a single image motivates her to help with the Brandon Junior Woman's Club holiday party for underprivileged children each year. ...more

November 3, 2007

Teen and adolescent girls long have used fashion as a social weapon. In 1944, Eleanor Estes wrote 'The Hundred Dresses,' a book about a Polish girl who is made fun of for wearing the same shabby dress each day. The 2004 film 'Mean Girls' focused on fashion-conscious cliques among high school teens. But today, guidance counselors and psychologists say, fashion bullying is reaching a new intensity as more designers launch collections targeted at kids. ...more

October 26, 2007

Hillsborough High's Reed Shimberg swims the 100 and 200 freestyle, and he takes classes harder than most of us remember from high school. ...more

September 19, 2007

For Meghan Bridges, the push came from her mother, who went online to help her research the arcane world of financial aid and find her way to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. ...more

September 8, 2007