A powerful typhoon toppled houses, flooded villages and forced nearly 1 million people to flee to safety on China's eastern coast before weakening into a tropical storm today. ...more

August 10, 2009

A new photograph released Friday shows Fidel Castro looking less gaunt than in an image two months ago, but the ailing Cuban leader said he doubts he'll make it to the end of Barack Obama's four-year term. ...more

January 24, 2009

The city of New Port Richey made tracks to the past with the dedication of its Railroad Square Streetscape Project on Jan. 9. The 21st century tipped its hat to the 20th century roots of the city with the fully functional railroad crossing arms as decorations along Nebraska Avenue at Grand Boulevard and at Adams Street. ...more

January 14, 2009

"The Beautiful Soul of John Woolman, Apostle of Abolition," by Thomas P. Slaughter (Hill and Wang, $27) ...more

December 7, 2008

My brother says, "Remember 12?" and we are launched backward 57 years in time to a warm, safe, happy place. My husband always mentions 5801 with the same special smile. ...more

December 3, 2008

Old memories are written in indelible ink and familiar feelings jump fresh from ancient sources like spring water. ...more

November 12, 2008

Andy Argintar feels proud every time he spies his last name on the historic brick building in Ybor City that housed his family's clothing store for more than 90 years. ...more

October 6, 2008

You can't keep a good woman down. After almost half a century of entertaining audiences first on stage and then in the beloved film starring Debbie Reynolds, "The Unsinkable Molly Brown" is still an audience favorite. ...more

October 1, 2008

The University of South Florida bids adieu to the old Marshall Center. ...more

September 24, 2008

Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were executed 55 years ago, on June 19, 1953. But last week, they were back in the headlines when Morton Sobell, the co-defendant in their famous espionage trial, finally admitted he and his friend Julius had both been Soviet agents. ...more

September 21, 2008