The first time I went into Thailand Restaurant, it was Chinese. That was 30 years ago this month. "Nobody knew anything about Thai food around here in those days," says Amnuay Thambundit, who owns the South Tampa - 5252 S. Dale Mabry Highway - restaurant with his wife, Pornrut. ...more

October 30, 2009

The World Trade Organization's (WTO) landmark Airbus ruling last month declared illegal billions of dollars of European Union subsidies given to this French-based aerospace company in an attempt to steal American jobs. ...more

October 29, 2009

The Terriers travel to Armwood in a game that likely will decide the Class 4A-District 9 championship. ...more

October 23, 2009

Fossil bones housed at a Los Angeles museum belong to the smallest dinosaur discovered in North America, scientists say. The newly identified creature weighed less than 2 pounds and stood about 4 inches tall. From head to tail, it measured a little over 2 feet long, said Luis Chiappe, director of the Dinosaur Institute of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County where the fossil bones are stored. ...more

October 22, 2009

A retired South Carolina state employee who spent two bucks on the lottery last week is the winner of a $260 million Powerball jackpot. ...more

August 25, 2009

The trade publication Variety is reporting that MGM and the Farrelly brothers have signed Oscar winner Sean Penn to play Larry in a "Three Stooges" film and are in negotiations with Jim Carrey to play Curly. ...more

March 25, 2009

Iran's most powerful figure dismissed President Barack Obama's extraordinary Persian New Year gesture, insisting Saturday - in an apparent attempt to keep the political establishment unified in an anti-American posture - that the U.S. administration's actions must match its rhetoric before Iran would alter its foreign policy. ...more

March 22, 2009

Skip breakfast on Thursday and loosen your belt for lunch. For the 34th year, in a tradition that defines Tampa, retired businessman Al Noto, his family and friends will serve a free Italian made-from-scratch feast in honor of St. Joseph. ...more

March 18, 2009

In Tallahassee, the cat's away. As the Florida Legislature begins its 2009 session - a session that will see budget cuts and decisions affecting everything from education to health care - the newspaper corps covering state government has shrunk to its smallest level in recent memory. ...more

March 15, 2009

A friend once asked, "Don't you ever run out of things to write about?" To which I smiled, chuckled and gave the simple reply, "No." ...more

March 14, 2009