Israel's leader declared his country's permanent claim to parts of the West Bank today, angering Palestinians again and complicating efforts by President Barack Obama's Mideast envoy — though the same claim was also made by previous, more moderate premiers. ...more

January 24, 2010

Julius Peppers' stalemate with the Carolina Panthers is over, leaving the defensive end rich and the NFC South champions free from worrying about a holdout. ...more

June 25, 2009

The dawn of a rainy late-winter day brought a breakthrough in the stalemate between Manny Ramirez and the Los Angeles Dodgers. ...more

March 5, 2009

4A-8 GIRLS BASKETBALL After power outage delays the start by nearly an hour, Hernando turns it on in the second half to bounce Pasco, 47-36. ...more

February 4, 2009

Israel declared a unilateral cease-fire Saturday in its 22-day offensive that turned Gaza neighborhoods into battlegrounds and dealt a stinging blow to the Islamic militants of Hamas. But Israeli troops will stay in the Palestinian territory for now and Hamas threatened to keep fighting until they leave. ...more

January 18, 2009

Not since President Richard Nixon went to China has an intractable foreign-policy issue been so ripe for resolution as current U.S. relations with Cuba are today. ...more

January 15, 2009

Girls Soccer: Plant 2, Durant 1 ...more

January 9, 2009

If the 1930s taught us anything, it was that one way to make a depression "Great" is for countries around the world to go protectionist. ...more

December 21, 2008

A stalemate has developed over a possible roll-back of part of a nearly 25 percent electricity rate increase for Progress Energy Florida before it goes into effect, in January. Jeffrey J. Lyash, the utility's president and chief executive officer, basically stuck to his guns in a Dec. 15 letter to state Sen. Mike Fasano, R-New Port Richey, and state Rep. Peter Nehr, R-Tarpon Springs. ...more

December 15, 2008

Jarred by new jobless alarms, Congress quickly approved legislation Thursday to keep unemployment checks flowing through the holidays in December and into the new year for a million or more laid-off Americans whose benefits are running out. ...more

November 21, 2008