She's not quite one in a million, but she's close. Lauren Webb is the first Hudson High School student in 14 years to be named a Commended Student in the 2010 National Merit Scholarship Program. She placed in the top 5 percent of more than 1.5 million students who took the 2010 preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test, a news release states. ...more

November 8, 2009

Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck apparently looked to the heavens for inspiration for their new daughter's first name (Seraphina) and back down to earth — in the garden, specifically — for part of her middle name (Rose Elizabeth). ...more

January 14, 2009

Axl Rose delayed the release of "Chinese Democracy" for so long that anticipation for it likely peaked five or so years back. In the works since the mid-'90s, the first album of new material to bear the Guns n' Roses name since 1991 can't help but be anticlimactic. ...more

November 23, 2008

There are times in every person's life when we're forced to wonder why the world is the way it is - why certain seemingly universal truths are, well, universally true. For me, those times always occur when I'm faced with some enigma about human nature. That's when I'd really like to ask God, "What were you thinking?" ...more

August 31, 2008

Sickles Gets 5-Star Basketball Recruit For the Sickles varsity boys basketball program, it was a one-in-a-million chance. ...more

August 21, 2008

U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson on Monday is expected to call on the federal government's help in cleaning up the toxic groundwater plume of chemicals that has spread to Azalea Elementary School from the Raytheon defense plant in west St. Petersburg. ...more

July 13, 2008

U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson on Monday is expected to call on the federal government's help in cleaning up the toxic groundwater plume of chemicals that has now spread to Azalea Elementary School from the Raytheon defense plant in west St. Petersburg. ...more

July 12, 2008

The state will test air quality inside homes and apartments where groundwater contamination is heaviest from the Raytheon plant site in St. Petersburg, officials said. ...more

July 10, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG - More than a month after environmental experts from Raytheon said there is no health risk from a toxic plume of chemicals that has spread up to half a mile from the plant, state regulators are set to give their assessment of the company's findings. ...more

July 9, 2008

TAMPA - With just hours to go before the polls close, a Tampa couple with a touching engagement story have edged into third place in an ongoing contest for a $100,000 dream wedding, courtesy of Us magazine. ...more

June 25, 2008