Barack Obama intends to use a huge organization involving "thousands" of volunteers, along with thousands of new voters, to win Florida, his campaign manager told some of those volunteers during a trip to Florida this week. ...more

August 16, 2008

There will be plenty of teachers, several books, all the students... well, still no dirty looks, as they will all have to dress up at Park Elementary School this year. ...more

August 15, 2008

NORTH PORT - A North Port High School military instructor admitted receiving nude photographs and lurid text messages from a teenage girl, according to newly released police documents. ...more

August 14, 2008

Over the years, many statements have been falsely attributed to me, but this is the first year in which a whole column has been made up and circulated in a chain letter on the Internet, claiming that I wrote it. ...more

July 11, 2008

Dear Abby: I am 12 and have bad problems at school. Whenever I'm behind, can't figure out a problem or just want to get it done, I cheat. ...more

July 6, 2008

SARASOTA - Authorities are looking for a woman who they say called 911 and told dispatchers that she had been blindfolded and was being held inside a car against her will, the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

June 24, 2008

A lease-breaching St. Petersburg Army recruit who is being shipped out today to basic training in South Carolina was still hoping for a resolution to the case Monday, his attorney said. ...more

June 17, 2008

You may not know a Tampa company called Syniverse. But if you have a cell phone, you should give it a nod of thanks when your calls go through. ...more

June 17, 2008

TAMPA - A St. Petersburg Army recruit who is being shipped out Tuesday to basic training in South Carolina remains saddled with an apartment lease, said the private's attorney. ...more

June 16, 2008

You may not know a Tampa company called Syniverse. But if you have a cell phone, you should give them a nod of thanks when your calls go through. Working behind the scenes, it makes billions of phone calls around the world work smoothly and has found itself in one of the most lucrative crossroads in the wireless market. ...more

June 16, 2008