Buccaneers running back Warrick Dunn will pick up 5th grade student Timothy Wise, Jr. in a limo Tuesday morning and take him to Westshore Elementary School after he won the NFL Take a Player to School sweepstakes...........here
Tampa leads the state in the number of reported hate crimes, according to an annual report issued by the Federal Bureau of Investigation............here
In the Maximo Gomez domino park, on the corner of 8th Street and 14th Avenue in Miami, time appears to have slowed down to the pace of endless domino games...........here
For the first time in his political career, Adam Putnam has a fight on his hands. The residents of FL-12 have embraced my candidacy, and with your help, we can pull off the biggest upset of the entire election. My name is Doug Tudor, and I am asking for your help...........here
When the person in charge of Florida elections believes that...and the Florida Republican legislature passed laws in 2005 to agree with him...then there should be no surprise at long lines........here
Wednesday, November 5th. at the Piccadilly Cafeteria, 1900 34th. St. North, St. Petersburg at 6:30 P.M. All Democrats throughout Pinellas County are invited to attend...........here
For Bobbie Hernandez, it’s about knowing that her children would be taken care of if something were to happen to her. It’s knowing that the home the 35-year-old has with her partner, Shar Ishee, would still be there for the family.............here
It's Report Card Time for County Commissioners! A's or F's .... Stunning excellence, abject failure or somewhere in between...? U-CAN has been taking notes and taking names and now it's time to hand out our Report Cards. Starting with Commissioner Brain Blair -- did Commissioner Blair go to the head of the class or to the wood shed? Check the U-CAN website to find out. And stay tuned -- other Report Cards will be coming soon.
On Monday, October 27, actor Matt Damon will participate in a March for Change on South Beach, beginning at Collins Park, 2100 Collins Avenue, and ending at the Early Vote Location at Miami Beach City Hall, 1700 Convention Center Drive........here
Twenty-one newspapers from around the state have come hard against Florida's Amendment 2, the so-called "Marriage Protection" Amendment. These papers all realize the danger of the amendment's vague language and far-reaching impacts..........here
No newspapers have come out in support of Amendment 2.
With early voting for president in heavily Democratic Miami-Dade County running ahead of 2004, there’s a good chance Florida could end up in the Obama column Nov. 4th. Of the 100 Miami area early voters emerging from the polling places interviewed by this reporter over the past two days, 53 identified themselves as Democrats and 15 as independents while only 32 said they are Republicans..........here
More than 5,000 people are at the Tampa Convention Center this morning awaiting Sarah Palin's entrance. That's nearly twice as many as John McCain attracted to the same venue...........here OBAMA RALLIES 100,000+ IN DENVER
This was a long time coming, and so quite choreographed. A rising star among Democratic congresswomen, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, of Florida District 20, stood on a stage in Little Havana Thursday and publicly endorsed the candidacy of the Democratic challenger to one of Wasserman Shultz’ friends in the House............here
As someone who lives in Florida, you have an extraordinarily important role to play in protecting wolves, polar bears and other imperiled wildlife and the environment for our children and grandchildren........here
As I mentioned the other day on Twitter, I will be appearing on national television in the UK next week, talking from Miami about blogs and their impact on the American election this year. I am trying to get details and, as soon as I can, I'll share them here.........here
In a major victory for the media, the Florida Supreme Court throw out a lawsuit where the Pensacola News Journal was successfully sued for false light of road-building contractor Joe Anderson........here
On Monday, October 27th, Brian Moore - the Socialist Party’s nominee for president - will be in Tampa, Florida. From 1 to 3 PM he will be speaking at the Vaughn Center at the Allen N. Reeves Theater at the University of Tampa.......here
GreenHunter Energy Inc. of Houston might be building a $70 million facility to store and produce biofuels at the Port of Tampa and has paid $1 million to lease a 22-acre site............here
Some of you may know me, I used to be a wrestler. … I've been endorsed by a lot of people you know like the police, Rev. Tom Scott, Kevin White, Sheriff David Gee, the PBA and the Fraternal Order of Police," Blair said..........here
Blair did not return a phone call seeking comment.