This is more on the "Pucker Up" guest column. Another bogus claim is since President Bush was unable to prioritize Social Security he somehow participated in bailouts for corporations with shabby accounting practices. I have no idea what that means other than it is blatantly false. ...more

October 25, 2007

A year after he pledged to find 'common ground' with the Democrats who now control Congress, President Bush on Wednesday delivered a scathing assessment of their performance, accusing lawmakers of dragging their feet on legislation ranging from trade deals and domestic surveillance to federal spending and children's health. ...more

October 18, 2007

She's not Glinda, the Good Witch from 'The Wizard of Oz,' able to wave her magic wand and change things. In nine months on the job as House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi has learned to live with the limits of her power. ...more

October 14, 2007

JACKSONVILLE - The group charged with cleaning up the state's foster care system after one child went missing and another was found dead released its first recommendations for change Wednesday. Ideas ranged from collecting DNA samples from foster children to allow better tracking to ensuring all adults living in a foster home have background checks to following up on previous requirements from the Department of Children & Families that foster care children be seen on a monthly basis. ...more

October 11, 2007

LAND O' LAKES - It's homework time as the Pasco County School Board begins the first wholesale revision of its policy handbook in at least three decades. ...more

October 4, 2007

An undercover St. Petersburg police detective walked into a duplex apartment alone, thinking he was about to buy $1,200 worth of drugs from a suspect inside. ...more

September 21, 2007

CLEARWATER - An undercover St. Petersburg police detective walked into a duplex apartment alone, thinking he was about to buy $1,200 worth of drugs from a suspect inside. ...more

September 20, 2007