President Bush dedicated the massive new $434 million U.S. Embassy in Beijing on Thursday, saying it is a symbol of deepening ties between the two trading partners and sometimes political rivals. ...more

August 8, 2008

For many Americans, rising unemployment, higher gas and food prices, and the housing slump have felt like an economic downturn. Now the government's data are catching up. ...more

August 1, 2008

A normally quiet summer Sunday morning in downtown Sebring will be transformed into a busy race site for hundreds of athletes ...more

July 13, 2008

Some people were mingling well on unity day. Hillary's chic body woman Huma Abedin got along great with Obama's charming body man Reggie Love; the two, with their dates, shared a dinner the night before at a Georgetown hot spot. ...more

July 1, 2008

TAMPA - Sweetbay Supermarket announced this afternoon that it has promoted Michael Vail to president of the Tampa-based chain. ...more

June 18, 2008

The egalitarian wage system former President Fidel Castro spent decades building in Cuba is no longer viable, plagued by low pay, corruption and waste that can be eased by paying workers more for better work, a top labor official said in an interview published Wednesday. ...more

June 12, 2008

Proponents of Amendment 2 are deliberately misleading the public by calling it the "gay marriage" or "same-sex" marriage amendment. ...more

June 7, 2008

Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton said Monday that Barack Obama may be getting ahead of himself in acting like the party's nominee before the final primary contests are over. ...more

May 20, 2008

Former President Vladimir Putin was appointed Russia's prime minister Thursday, securing a new place in power a day after leaving the Kremlin. ...more

May 9, 2008

"Remembering Plant City; Tales from the Winter Strawberry Capital of the World" will be on sale at the Greater Plant City Chamber of Commerce's booth on the Florida Strawberry Festival grounds. Copies are $20 and include photographs and stories from the Plant City Photo Archives. ...more

February 22, 2008