One day, Mother received a letter in the mail. She told us she had sent for a Newfoundland/Labrador retriever pup for the family and that this was the letter of confirmation. The puppies had been born, and when they were weaned and eating dog food, were big and strong enough to stand the trip, they would send a male pup to us. ...more

November 8, 2009

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November 5, 2009

Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio's team holds the No. 2 selection in Thursday's draft for the Yahoo Sports Fantasy Football Mayoral Face-Off. Tampa is one of 11 cities participating in the draft. The winning city will receive $15,000 and give the money to a local youth charity with a sports element. ...more

August 19, 2009

When you stop and think about all the food stored in your kitchen, it's hard not to get a little panicky. ...more

May 9, 2009

An airman in Alaska has been sentenced to almost 10 years behind bars after being found guilty of trying to force his wife to miscarry by lacing her food with ulcer medication. ...more

May 3, 2009

There were several friends who commented somewhat favorable about last week's column regarding our country's financial state and what I surmised was causing the problem. One fellow found an error and wrote me an e-mail on the story about a couple who could not pronounce the name of the town they were in and asked the employee of a Burger King to pronounce the name of where they were very slowly Burrrrrr, gerrrrrr, Kiiiing. ...more

April 2, 2009

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March 29, 2009

When you stop and think about all the food stored in your kitchen, it's hard not to get a little panicky. ...more

March 28, 2009

Picking green apples from a tree as a child and eating them, dusted with salt while sitting atop bags of feed in the family barn, is only one of a long association Audrey Horton has with barns. ...more

January 24, 2009

Picking green apples from a tree as a child and eating them, dusted with salt while sitting atop bags of feed in the family barn is only one of a long association Audrey Horton has with barns. ...more

January 21, 2009