It had been six months since they'd seen one another. But Gracy, a one-eyed, 12-year-old bichon frise, had no problem recognizing her best friend despite her drastic change in appearance. ...more

November 6, 2008

The 18-year-old woman who was beaten and raped outside Bloomingdale Regional Library returned to her south Hillsborough County home for the first time since the April 24 attack today. She had been in treatment at a Sarasota rehabilitation center for the past five months. ...more

November 5, 2008

The newest library in South Shore is about to celebrate a birthday. And everyone is invited to join in the fun. ...more

November 5, 2008

2:51 p.m.: Democrat Sam Mangione, 50, often votes for Democrats. ...more

November 4, 2008

7:30 a.m.: Annette Ferrerr had expected a huge crowd at the Jimmie B. Keel Regional Library in Tampa when she arrived about 7:30 a.m. Instead, she found a relatively short line. She brought a magazine to keep her occupied but really didn't think she'd get through much of it. "I don't expect to be here more than an hour," she said. ...more

November 4, 2008

8:10 a.m.: Rhonda Burel seemed determined to be part of a news story today, and not in a good way. She stood in the right-turn lane off bustling Bearss Avenue in front of the Jimmie B. Keel Regional Library in Tampa holding a McCain/Palin sign she had yanked from the ground outside the polling place. ...more

November 4, 2008

7:48 a.m.: U.S. Army Sgt. Crosby Lee, 24, had two issues at the booth today at the Jan Platt Regional Library in South Tampa. He didn't bring anything with a signature on it to vote, so he had to vote provisionally, he says. And when they looked him up in the voter records, his address came back incorrectly. ...more

November 4, 2008

7:40 a.m.: Elizabeth Pridgen, hustling from the poll to her car at Jimmie B. Keel Regional Library in Tampa, said this was definitely an important election. She said voting inside the library was going a little slowly. ...more

November 4, 2008

7:35 a.m.: Early voting during the lunch hour Friday at the Jan Platt Regional Library in South Tampa took about an hour. But this morning, the line is considerably shorter, and people are popping out of the voting booths in about a half-hour. ...more

November 4, 2008

7:15 a.m.: Blaine Conte was about to spend a day mixing commerce and politics. On a normal day, Conte would be towing his hotdog-and-snack stand to construction sites. Today, he was set up outside the Jimmie B. Keel Regional Library in Tampa with enough franks and fixin's for 250 hot dogs. ...more