The most politically potent emotion of the past 18 months has been Obamamania. This condition allowed a neophyte senator from Illinois to seize his party's nomination from the jaws of the formidable Clinton machine. The big question now hanging over American politics is whether Obamamania is giving way to Obama fatigue. ...more

August 17, 2008

Ralph Hughes poured millions of dollars of his own money into conservative beliefs, and helped shape the course of county politics by picking candidates he liked and backing them with advice and money. ...more

July 1, 2008

Mobs of fans greeted the opening this week of build-it-yourself furniture chain Ikea's first store in New York City - but the fervor is masking shoppers' underlying frugality. ...more

June 20, 2008

Police shot to death a 27-year-old man as he kicked, punched and stomped a toddler to death despite other people's attempts to stop him on a dark country road, authorities said. ...more

June 16, 2008

It's official: Sen. Barack Obama is the Democratic nominee for president. ...more

June 7, 2008

SEBRING — An Orlando man allegedly told authorities he knew he was driving with a suspended license after he attempted to elude Highlands County Sheriff's deputies Sunday afternoon by traveling against traffic at a high rate of speed on U.S. 27. ...more

February 11, 2008

Tiger Woods made short work of the easier North course Friday at Torrey Pines, leaving everyone else long odds of catching him at the Buick Invitational. ...more

January 26, 2008

When Palmetto High School sophomore Richard Reyna is running, his past fades away. ...more

December 28, 2007

LeBron James winced as he pressed the ice bag tightly against his swollen jaw. ...more

December 26, 2007

A top American general said Sunday that attacks along the Afghan-Pakistan border have dropped more than 40 percent since July and the United States and its allies are making progress in the fight against the Taliban. ...more

December 17, 2007