Dallas Lee Walters was a fighter, to the end. Clinging to life at Northbay Hospital after being mauled by a 100-pound Rottweiler, the toddler must have heard his parents telling him they loved him and to keep on fighting. Shortly before he died, the 20-month-old boy raised his arm in the air and made a fist. ...more

December 14, 2009

St. Petersburg authorities began exhuming this morning the body of a woman buried in 1948 to see if it matches a skull found in a former gravedigger's home. ...more

October 29, 2009

Repurposing household throwaways to serve a higher calling as yard art may be its own reward, but the payoff just got bigger. ...more

October 25, 2009

More than 30 Moffitt Cancer Center volunteers hoisted up shovels, paint brushes and cleaning liquids to spruce up the George Bartholomew North Tampa Recreation Center. ...more

October 21, 2009

Here's a shovel-ready stimulus project guaranteed to give the sluggish economy a swift kick in the pants: my own federally subsidized hot tub. ...more

March 1, 2009

One of the most iconic images of American life, that of circus elephants joined trunk-to-tail as they lumber along to delight "children of all ages," as the old saying goes, is about to be debated in a courtroom. ...more

February 4, 2009

A Michigan TV station is planning a chilly broadcast from the annual Zehnder's Snowfest in Frankenmuth. ...more

January 22, 2009

A 10-member construction crew gathered on a small site off Boca Raton Street at 9 a.m. Wednesday, donned their heavy duty gloves, grabbed shovels and got down to the business of building a house. ...more

January 8, 2009

Prosecutors will not pursue the death penalty for a Central Florida woman charged with killing her 3-year-old daughter. ...more

December 7, 2008

ORLANDO - Prosecutors will not pursue the death penalty in the case of a Central Florida woman charged with killing her 3-year-old daughter. ...more

December 5, 2008