We've given Gov. Charlie Crist grief for pledging during the 2006 Republican gubernatorial primary that he would govern along the conservative lines of the man he was seeking to replace, Jeb Bush, and then lurching to the left after he was elected. His enthusiastic backing of the Legislature's decision to have the state, in effect, take over the property insurance industry in Florida was one example of un-Jeb-ish behavior. Another was the governor's backing of President Barack Obama's economic stimulus program. The media has been referring to that support for months without a peep of protest from Crist - until Wednesday. ...more

November 7, 2009

South African authorities shot dozens of exhausted whales that beached on a shore near South Africa's storm-lashed southern tip Saturday amid scenes of grief and despair from volunteers who had tried to save them. ...more

May 31, 2009

The drive to turn Palm Harbor into a city hit a snag a few weeks ago when the Crystal Beach Community Association objected, saying its members want to remain a part of unincorporated Pinellas County. In response, the Palm Harbor Coalition, the group pushing to create a city of Palm Harbor, decided to wait until next year before asking the Legislature to set up an incorporation referendum. ...more

May 2, 2009

Cleveland Browns wide receiver Donte Stallworth will be charged with DUI manslaughter after a Miami car crash that killed a pedestrian, according to people familiar with the case. ...more

April 1, 2009

Richard Seufzer posted a note at the Zephyrhills Municipal Airport last year asking for help with his senior project. ...more

March 10, 2009

"Irreplaceable," by Stephen Lovely (Voice, $24.95) ...more

March 8, 2009

BRADENTON After hitting the first pitch he saw in anger this spring off the top of the left-field wall and collecting a bloop two-run double the following inning, Carlos Pena was feeling pretty good about his 2009 debut. ...more

March 6, 2009

A family's grief over the loss of a relative was compounded today when a memorial candle caught their house on fire. ...more

February 26, 2009

The grandmother of slain Orlando toddler Caylee Anthony says the child's life didn't end "without a purpose." ...more

February 8, 2009

In 2006, Michael Langston and his FlaVarsity.com colleagues ranked a high school quarterback as the No. 1 player in the state of Florida and the complaints flooded in. ...more

February 1, 2009