LAND O' LAKES - When eviction notices go out, recipients normally aren't treated to a free relocation service complete with a guaranteed new home. But, then again, most recipients aren't gopher tortoises. ...more

December 27, 2008

When eviction notices go out, recipients normally aren't treated to a free relocation service complete with a guaranteed new home. But, then again, most recipients aren't gopher tortoises. ...more

December 17, 2008

In the late 1980s Pasco County was contemplating what to do with its swelling stream of solid waste. It could create a new landfill, what people once called a garbage dump. There was only one small problem. Actually it was a huge problem. No one wanted the landfill created anywhere near them. That definitely was a problem, because there was hardly any place a landfill might have been created that wasn't near someone. ...more

July 2, 2008

Tilapia are not even supposed to be here, but like many other aquarium escapees, they are now found in just about every lake and river across the southern two-thirds of Florida. The fish originally came from Africa, where there are at least a half-dozen varieties. It also has been imported by American fish farmers, some of whom sell it as "rose snapper." ...more

January 4, 2008

Change is hard, as Meredith Grey has observed more than once in the signature voice-over of ABC's "Grey's Anatomy." After the show's strange slide into bathos last season, everyone involved, including show runner Shonda Rhimes and pinup star Patrick Dempsey, acknowledged a certain creative downturn, a gloomy earnestness, that would, they swore, be rectified. ...more

November 20, 2007

Is the $20 million stage version of "Young Frankenstein" a monster hit or miss? ...more

November 12, 2007