Saplings from the tree Anne Frank used to measure the seasons while hiding from the Nazis could be planted in 10 cities around the United States. ...more

April 17, 2009

A German court ruled Tuesday that a Jewish man from Sarasota is the rightful owner of a rare poster the Gestapo seized from his father in 1938. ...more

February 11, 2009

COLUMBIA, S.C. - Each week for nearly 30 years, Bob Chimento and his college buddies have gathered around tables in a Mount Pleasant home to play the popular version of poker known as Texas Hold 'em, bringing $20 and spending an evening with pizza, sodas and beer. ...more

January 29, 2009

John Halada of Palm Harbor says Pinellas County has overreached in regulating the tree cutting. ...more

December 6, 2008

In America, a Guy named Joe, who happens to be a plumber, questioned and challenged a guy named Barack (Democrat), who happens to be running for president of the United States, and, within 24 hours, the drive-by media gave us more information about Joe's life than they have given us about Barack's life in the past 24 months. ...more

November 1, 2008

The political season and Halloween are on a collision course, and if ugly were gold, we'd all be rich. ...more

October 12, 2008

Mildred Loving died last Friday, very quietly and with little fanfare. It should not have been that way, but it was symbolic of the way she lived. ...more

May 11, 2008

If you're a government apparatchik, seeing Hillsborough County commissioner and resident board parson Brian Blair barging through the door has to be the paper-pusher equivalent of the pol who came to dinner meets Mongo from "Blazing Saddles." ...more

February 5, 2008

SEBRING — With a smile on her face, Magda Marek drags out the hose and waters plants in her garden every morning. The 82-year-old doesn't consider it a chore at all as she performs the daily ritual. She even sings or talks to the plants on the patio outside her home at Kenilworth Care and Rehabilitation Center. Her personality shows that she loves every second on life, even more perhaps because of her amazing tale of survival. ...more

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