Elaborate floats and costumes were the norm for the traditional New Year's parades in California and Philadelphia on Thursday. ...more

January 2, 2009

When Springstead alumnus Robert Panetti launched the Web site Eagle Connections, a little more than a dozen members of his graduating class signed up. ...more

July 30, 2008

T-Pain transformed the BET Awards into a circus Tuesday with a multi-artist medley that showed the rapper and singer's wide-ranging influence on urban music. ...more

June 25, 2008

I would like to know if my item is a coffeepot or teapot. Also, where was it made, when was it made and what is its value? It is a large tilting pot with a warmer that uses oil. ...more

May 21, 2008

Big & Rich was all about comin' to this city. The award-winning country duo filmed a mock concert performance of its song "Comin' to Your City" for ESPN on Tuesday on the University of South Florida campus. ...more

May 21, 2008

Kids - mere kids, I tell you - were bombing down the Forum's lobby Monday night, whooping "Van Halen!" at the top of their lungs like it was 1978 or something. ...more

February 18, 2008

Murders are not shocking in this city once called the nation's most dangerous. But even this place is shaken by the killing, still unsolved after five months, of a 12-year-old boy whose skull was so badly shattered by bullets that an undertaker used a top hat to hide the damage. ...more

December 17, 2007

"Slash," by Slash with Anthony Bozza (Harper Entertainment, $28) ...more

December 16, 2007

TOWN 'N COUNTRY - When the temperature dips, David Crouch plans to slip into a pickle suit and stand by the side of the road. ...more

December 1, 2007

We were in Sebring Sunday evening, mistakenly thinking the stores stayed open until 9 p.m., but we were wrong, it was Sunday and they close at 8 p.m. We checked out very fast with no other customers in line. As much as I dislike shopping I have learned one thing by that experience and it's to shop after 6 p.m. on Sundays and not have to wait in line. With that in mind, I will write down a list of gifts to get on the next four Sundays shortly before the stores close. It could save my sanity by not having to cope with the super long lines and crowds that will surely be around every other day until after Christmas. ...more

November 29, 2007