If you're one of those people who hates crowds or standing in long lines, now is the time to take advantage of early voting. South Shore has two convenient locations for casting your vote before the polls become swamped on Nov. 4. ...more

October 17, 2008

There have been few chances to second-guess Rays manager Joe Maddon this season, because usually the guess has hardly been out of our mouths when Maddon's hunches have worked, often perfectly, sometimes eerily, in this wondrous season. ...more

October 16, 2008

Al Austin, a longtime, high-level Republican fundraiser from Tampa, today sent to his list of political contacts an e-mail containing a joke that refers to the assassination of Barack Obama. ...more

October 15, 2008

Jennifer Anne Kogler wanted to be a writer since she was old enough to etch her first words. ...more

September 24, 2008

Jennifer Anne Kogler wanted to be a writer since she was old enough to etch her first words. ...more

September 24, 2008

Pasco County Commissioner Pat Mulieri and her relatives were among an estimated crowd of 25,000 people at a steamy Sunday rally for Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin south of Ocala. ...more

September 22, 2008

In high school he was in a garage band. Then he spent most of his adult life in the Navy and away from music. ...more

September 15, 2008

At small-town firehouses, in a field in Pennsylvania, at the Pentagon, at ground zero in Manhattan, in Kabul and in Baghdad, people paused to remember a day they will never forget. ...more

September 12, 2008

Ryan Beeble and Nick Hellman have lived through Bishop McLaughlin's growing pains, weathered the Hurricanes' various storms. ...more

September 3, 2008

Rains from Tropical Storm Fay hurt attendance at last weekend's 18th annual Caladium Festival, but organizers say crowds exceeded expectations and vendors were pleased with the turnout. ...more

August 31, 2008