Last week's column, in which I described in vivid detail the theft of one our newspaper racks, my comically heroic efforts to recover it from behind a grocery store and the debilitating back injury I suffered while loading its remains onto a truck, drew much sympathy from readers. ...more

October 28, 2009

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission this morning launched an effort to recover the 21-foot boat that capsized this past weekend with four men aboard, leaving one survivor. ...more

March 5, 2009

Two years ago Laszlo Silagyi was diagnosed with heart disease and told he was in dire need of microvalve replacement surgery. ...more

March 4, 2009

Two years ago Laszlo Silagyi was diagnosed with heart disease and told he was in dire need of microvalve replacement surgery. ...more

March 4, 2009

The famous and not quite famous, CNN broadcaster Larry King and Tampa concert roadie Wayne Doucet, got together to say thanks to some students who helped them both. ...more

February 21, 2009

The famous and the not quite famous, CNN broadcaster Larry King and Tampa concert roadie Wayne Doucet, said thank you together today to some students who helped them both. ...more

February 20, 2009

The Illinois Senate has convened a historic impeachment trial that will determine whether Gov. Rod Blagojevich is removed from office. ...more

January 26, 2009

Disgraced evangelical leader Ted Haggard's former church disclosed Friday that the gay sex scandal that caused his downfall extends to a young male church volunteer who reported having a sexual relationship with Haggard — a revelation that comes as Haggard tries to repair his public image. ...more

January 23, 2009

President George W. Bush plans to spend his final weekend in office at Camp David in Maryland. ...more

January 16, 2009

By 9 a.m., Marielle Smith had already logged 2,439 steps. The Hillel School third-grader was running laps around her school's field, the pedometer on her chest tracking every step. It was part of the recent "Race for Education," a fundraiser for Hillel and the Larry King Cardiac Foundation. ...more

December 3, 2008