TAMPA - During these crisp days of low humidity, I morph into Electric Man, able to shoot sparks from my fingers. ...more

December 9, 2007

Marlo Bloom is a competitive cheerleader. She can do great round-offs, back handsprings and layouts. She performs with other high-energy teenagers in weekend competitions at places including big arenas in Washington and Baltimore. ...more

November 11, 2007

The survey released Wednesday was clear: The Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater area is the second most caffeinated metro area in the United States. Only Chicago ingests more. ...more

November 8, 2007

Fallon Sposato awoke to a blaring alarm and smoke seeping into the first-floor bedroom of the beach house where she and 12 friends had been partying just hours earlier. With her lungs and eyes burning, she ran with her boyfriend through the smoke-filled house, assuming her friends were already outside. ...more

October 31, 2007

Back then, she was either a charlatan or a heroine, depending which side you took in the epic, gut-wrenching showdown that was the Clarence Thomas confirmation battle. ...more

October 14, 2007

Anita Hill, whose sexual harassment allegations against Clarence Thomas nearly derailed his Supreme Court nomination 16 years ago, said Tuesday that she stands by her account of his behavior, disputing Thomas' assertion in a new book that the charges were politically motivated. ...more

October 3, 2007