A look at Super Bowl commercials from 1999 through 2008. ...more

January 29, 2009

One of five teenage girls facing charges in the videotaped beating of a Polk County cheerleader accepted a plea deal Tuesday morning. ...more

January 28, 2009

One of five teenage girls facing charges in the videotaped beating of a Polk County cheerleader accepted a plea deal Tuesday morning. Mercades Nichols, 18, pleaded guilty to misdemeanor battery, which carries a maximum penalty of a year in jail. ...more

January 27, 2009

Puffs of smoke, speeches in Latin and multipage encyclicals have all been used by the Vatican to communicate with the faithful. ...more

January 24, 2009

Pope Benedict XVI joined U.S. President Barack Obama and Queen Elizabeth II on Friday by launching his own YouTube channel, the latest Vatican effort to reach out to the digital generation. ...more

January 23, 2009

You know the Super Bowl is on the way when the Naked Cowboy shows up in town. Robert Burck has made a career out of the Naked Cowboy persona. For the record, he's not actually naked; he wears underwear, cowboy boots and hat and just positions his guitar to give the impression he's nude. ...more

January 21, 2009

Brittany Mayes, one of five Polk County teens accused in the videotaped beating of Victoria Lindsay, pleaded guilty today to one charge of misdemeanor battery. A judge will make a decision on Mayes' sentence on March 5. The maximum penalty for the charge is one year in jail. ...more

January 20, 2009

Parents know that children in middle and high schools are barraged by entertainment and advertising that exploit sexuality. ...more

January 14, 2009

The purveyors of pitas at the Pita Pit in Hyde Park are taking the pilfering of a chair very seriously. ...more

January 9, 2009

The purveyors of pitas at the Pita Pit in Hyde Park are taking the pilfering of a chair very seriously. ...more

January 8, 2009