Forget about policy speeches and wooing superdelegates. For Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, Saturday morning was devoted to chick chat - a panel discussion with a group of working moms on topics ranging from girl-on-girl violence to her daughter's early dating years. ...more

May 4, 2008

If you're familiar with a lot of teenage girls, then you know many of them have a lot of idle times on their hands. ...more

February 9, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG - In yet another incident of violence at the downtown retail and entertainment complex, an 18-year-old Largo man was robbed at gunpoint in the parking garage at BayWalk early this morning, police say. ...more

February 8, 2008

I turned 50 last month, and my birthday came and went with very little fanfare. ...more

February 2, 2008

In these hard times it is great to see that the human spirit is still alive and well. Upon hearing that the Hansen House would now be for teenage girls that were hard to place, the Avon Park American Legion Auxiliary decided to start a fundraiser and drive to get organizations to re-do the bedrooms to be suitable for young ladies and make them feel at home. First we had a fundraiser dinner, then a dinner theater bus trip and then watched as many of our good members and friends stepped forward with donations and physical help. We then contacted many churches and service groups hoping they would also adopt a girl's bedroom or bath. ...more

February 2, 2008

Program Is Working Regarding "Chastity Is The Ideal, But School Sex Ed Must Recognize Reality" (Our Opinion Jan. 2): ...more

January 14, 2008

BayWalk, the city's downtown retail and entertainment complex, was the scene of several violent and chaotic incidents Tuesday, including a man being shot in the leg, a crowd stampeding for free money, and a brawl involving teenage girls that was so intense officers said they had to use pepper spray to break it up. ...more

December 26, 2007

ST. PETERSBURG - BayWalk, the city's downtown retail and entertainment complex, was the focal point of several violent and chaotic incidents last night, including a man shot in the leg, a crowd stampeding for free money, and a brawl involving teenage girls that was so intense officers say they had to use pepper spray to break it up. ...more

December 26, 2007

On Halloween, they became the Pink Power Ranger, the one with the little skirt and the mighty right cross. ...more

December 16, 2007

in the era of erectile-dysfunction television commercials or teenage girls extolling the latest in cardboard-applicator tampons - we still don't quite know how to advertise something as simple as toilet paper. That whole area remains the great conundrum of Madison Avenue, which is how we wound up with singing toilets that just got superscrubbed and the Ty-D-Bol man and the depiction of any and all bodily fluids as being bright blue. All sorts of anthropomorphic creatures populate the throne room in lieu of frank talk. For a long time, to demonstrate how wonderful toilet paper is, people in commercials rubbed it against their ... faces. ...more

November 23, 2007