Excerpts from recent newspaper endorsements of the presidential candidates. ...more

October 17, 2008

People who live near the former Moonlight Bay Mobile Home Park say they put up with a lot of unpleasantness for a long time. So when they woke Thursday to loud clanging and shattering glass, the reaction was "What now?" When they came out to see what was happening, their fear turned to joy. They saw workmen removing hazardous building materials from the homes. ...more

October 11, 2008

Former Port Richey lawyer Jessica Miller was sentenced to 90 days in the county jail Tuesday for failing to appear at a court hearing in December. ...more

July 9, 2008

Florida's revised method of executing condemned inmates was put to its first test Tuesday night in Starke, and it appeared to work perfectly in ending the life of a vicious child killer. ...more

July 3, 2008

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Americans have a right to own guns for self-defense and hunting, the justices' first major pronouncement on gun rights in U.S. history. The court's 5-4 ruling struck down the District of Columbia's 32-year-old ban on handguns as incompatible with gun rights under the Second Amendment. The decision went further than even the Bush administration wanted, but probably leaves most firearms laws intact. ...more

June 26, 2008

Scott McClellan is having a "Matrix" moment - the moment when you wake up, with a jolt, from the reassuring fictions of the media dream world to the face-slapping reality of unspun fact. ...more

June 13, 2008

Apparently, Francis Earl has slept through a decade of American history. In her latest pronouncement, she goes to great lengths to defend the American military and its veterans. But she greatly misstates two things. ...more

May 31, 2008

They've been whispering our sweet nothings for centuries. "I'm near psychotic with passion," says the fiery red rose. ...more

February 8, 2008

A death certificate contains valuable information about more than your ancestor's demise. Frequently, it will include information about birth, parents and spouses. ...more

November 11, 2007