Oaklane Kennels Pet Resort and Spa owner Sally Cramer has a special relationship with the dogs who visit her Valrico business. ...more

February 14, 2008

Leonard Pitts's article on the conservative's having given negative connotations to the words "liberal" and "feminism," also applies to the word "evolution." (A Liberal Defense of the Word Feminist, 2/8/08) Evolution tells us that species must adapt to changing environments if they are to survive. Jesus told us we must change our ways by conquering our fears if we wish to survive. What Jesus proved is that it is possible to change our ways, and non-violence will be our salvation. What science has proven, unknowingly, is what religion has known all along. ...more

February 11, 2008

TAMPA - A man and his roommate got quite a surprise when they opened their electric bill Friday. The Tampa Electric Co. bill showed the couple owed almost $100,000. ...more

January 22, 2008

Impact fees are an important pay-as-you-use tax/fee, and recent concern about raising them in a real estate market slump is unjustified. ...more

January 19, 2008

Bucking the trend in many other wealthy industrialized nations, the United States seems to be experiencing a baby boomlet, reporting the largest number of children born in 45 years. ...more

January 16, 2008

Regarding "So Happy Together" (Baylife, Jan. 8): Susan Hemmingway's article is truly a heartwarming story about the meaning of true friendship. These three ladies are an inspiration and wonderful example of loving others and giving of ourselves to one another while on this earth. We should all be so lucky to experience dedicated friendship like this during our lifetime. ...more

January 9, 2008

Convicted sex offenders who used the Internet to help them commit their crimes will be banned from using the Internet under a measure signed into law Thursday. ...more

December 28, 2007

The owner-trainer combination of Frank C. Calabrese and Rick Slomkowski swept the late daily double Wednesday. ...more

December 27, 2007

In an interview shown on Fox 13 on November 29, a Bright House Networks spokesperson stated that in order to show the NFL Network, all customers would have to pay for something only a few people wanted to see. If that were actually a valid argument, wouldn't this also apply to many other channels? ...more

December 1, 2007

Championship Park may be dead, but the scramble over how to spend $40 million set aside for the failed project took a familiar path Wednesday. ...more

November 8, 2007