The creators of the "Got Milk?" campaign are getting ready to make a big push to keep chocolate milk on children's minds and on school lunch menus, a plan that has some educators and obesity activists none too pleased. ...more

November 9, 2009

Gidget the Chihuahua, the bug-eyed, big-eared star of 1990s Taco Bell commercials who was a diva on and off the screen, has died. She was 15. ...more

July 22, 2009

Democrats will be rallying around Alex Sink as their best hope to win back the governor's mansion. Sink, who now serves as Florida's chief financial officer, will be one of the featured speakers at a state party fundraiser Saturday night. ...more

May 30, 2009

Sports anchor James Brown discusses how to help others. ...more

April 1, 2009

Where oh where have all those mighty principles gone? Where are Cindy and her camp-out? Four years ago I thought the noise would never cease. Activists and their celebrity friends grew and grew. ...more

March 12, 2009

Frank Miller stood at the east entrance to the Friendship TrailBridge on Tuesday and watched as Hillsborough County workers erected a large fence to keep people out. ...more

December 25, 2008

Frank Miller stood at the east entrance to the Friendship TrailBridge earlier today and watched as Hillsborough County workers erected a large fence to keep people out. On Monday, Pinellas and Hillsborough county officials closed the 2.6-mile span and its catwalks following the release of an engineering study that said collapse of any portion of the bridge was possible. ...more

December 23, 2008

Last January, I wrote a column predicting that the suggested Spring Hill Fire Rescue merger "would be too hot for commissioners to handle." ...more

October 26, 2008

As flu season approaches, many New Jersey parents are furious over a first-in-the-nation requirement that children get a flu shot in order to attend preschools and day care centers. The decision should be made by parents, not the state, they contend. ...more

October 17, 2008

Plans call for improving Howard and Armenia avenues by upgrading on-street parking and pedestrian safety and adding traffic calming. ...more

October 15, 2008