TAMPA - They came in as individuals and left as pairs. An assembly line of wedding ceremonies cranked out a bunch of married couples at the Hillsborough County clerk's office this morning. Clerk Pat Frank said there typically is a spike in ceremonies on Valentine's Day. ...more

February 14, 2008

The Plant girls basketball team received a huge injection of inspirational motivation before last week's district tournament. ...more

February 7, 2008

Why do we love thee, Jane Austen? Let us count the ways: You gave us happy endings. The heroines of your novels live out that Cinderella fantasy every time. They may fret and flounder along the rocky road to romance, but eventually they snare Mr. Right. After more than 200 years, we still love your love stories. ...more

January 12, 2008

Former President Clinton worked Friday to smooth over comments from Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidential campaign and its allies that have raised hackles in the black community, a week before Democrats will vote in the South Carolina primary, their first test involving a heavily black electorate. ...more

January 12, 2008

It can happen in an instant, in the time it takes a quarterback who spent a season not making mistakes to make a big one, in the time it takes a now former fairy-tale kick returner to cough one up. ...more

January 6, 2008

TAMPA - It can happen in an instant, in the time it takes a quarterback who spent a season not making mistakes to make a big one, in the time it takes a now former fairy-tale kick returner to cough one up. ...more

January 6, 2008

No matter how angry we get with its sometimes greedy and corrupt characters, sports has a way of always pulling us back in. Maybe it's the fairy-tale factor. Like a fairy tale, sports make us believe anything can happen. ...more

January 6, 2008

A storybook regular season resplendent with storybook heroes officially comes to an end for the Bucs today. ...more

December 29, 2007

As we bask in the umpteenth showing of "A Christmas Story," dine on ham and turkey and prepare to hit the malls for the annual after-holiday spending spree, we must pause a moment and remember why television needs writers. ...more

December 25, 2007

Rogers' Christmas House Village Lifts Spirits A few days ago I made a seasonal visit to Rogers' Christmas House Village. There were many shoppers on that Sunday afternoon, but nowhere near as many as other times. ...more

December 15, 2007