Oct 25, 2012 8:03 am
NASSAU, Bahamas | Hurricane Sandy barreled into the Bahamas on Thursday after slashing across eastern Cuba, where it ripped off roofs and forced postponement of a hearing at the Guantanamo naval base but caused no reported deaths. read more. . .
Oct 25, 2012 3:45 pm
RICHMOND, Va. | Deep in the longest day of his campaign, President Barack Obama was in a Las Vegas casino, gambling that his re-election bid needed one more stop. It was 1:40 a.m. on his clock, and he was pleading with the hotel cooks and waiters for their votes. read more. . .
Oct 25, 2012 3:23 pm
ST. PAUL, Minn. | An election-eve terrorist strike. A tanking stock market. A stunner of a jobs report. An unscripted moment. Democratic President Barack Obama and Republican rival Mitt Romney are on guard for anything that could push the presidential race from its taut course. An autumn surprise is just that, making most late-breaking events... read more. . .
Oct 25, 2012 3:06 pm
The approach of Halloween prompted this devilish column. Although considered the most powerful of all malevolent, mythical figures, the devil -- also know as Lucifer, Satan, Beelzebub, Old Scratch and the Prince of Darkness -- is for many folks a more-or-less whimsical character. Consider expressions like "That little devil ate all the cookies"... read more. . .
Oct 25, 2012 1:57 pm
BEIRUT | The Syrian military says it will cease military operations for four-days starting on Friday in observance of a major Muslim holiday. read more. . .
Oct 25, 2012 11:30 am
SAN JOSE, Calif. | Apple's iPad Mini will bring a lot more excitement and a little more confusion to the holiday shopping season. read more. . .
Oct 25, 2012 10:33 am
TAMPA | Nikia Nichole Williams landed in court over dumb things, like underage smoking, ignoring traffic fines or lying to police about her name. She quit Robinson High School in 2001, had a baby, and got busted for shoplifting and weed. read more. . .
Oct 25, 2012 10:19 am
JACKSONVILLE | Authorities say a 50-year-old Jacksonville man faces animal cruelty charges after a pit bull was beaten with a pipe because she ate a pet bird. read more. . .
Oct 25, 2012 10:08 am
WASHINGTON | Their lives on hold for years, young adults are now making big moves in the fledgling economic recovery, leaving college towns or parents’ homes and heading out of state at the highest rate since the height of the housing boom. read more. . .
Oct 25, 2012 9:38 am
WASHINGTON | Former Secretary of State Colin Powell, a longtime Republican, is sticking with President Barack Obama in this year’s election. read more. . .
Oct 25, 2012 8:16 am
Less than two weeks out from Election Day, Republican Mitt Romney has erased President Barack Obama's 16-point advantage among women, a new Associated Press-GfK poll shows. And the president, in turn, has largely eliminated Romney's edge among men. read more. . .
Oct 25, 2012 3:21 am
WASHINGTON | Two hours after the U.S. Consulate came under attack in Benghazi, Libya, the White House was told that a militant group was claiming responsibility for the violence that killed the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans. read more. . .
Oct 25, 2012 12:33 am
It certainly wasn't one of the biggest decisions of the Mitt Romney campaign, but for two grandsons of the Republican presidential candidate, it was difficult enough. Miles Romney, 4, and Parker Romney, 6, braced themselves at the glass of the pastry shelf at Fresco's Bakery & Bistro in downtown Lakeland on Wednesday, trying to make a decision. read more. . .
Oct 25, 2012 12:24 am
He is perhaps the happiest of a jovial bunch of San Francisco Giants. That Pablo Sandoval pumped his right arm in the air on each of his treks around the base paths Wednesday night delighted all and surprised none. Smile, the man whom all of San Francisco calls "Panda" seems to say, because baseball is a fun, crazy game, and playing it this deep... read more. . .
Oct 25, 2012 12:19 am
It may not look like much yet — just some concrete foundations and dredged ponds and roaming cattle. But there is something else waiting at the site of the new Florida Polytechnic University in Lakeland, something more important than anything else. Something undeterred by the drama that created it and unconcerned with political winds that... read more. . .
Oct 25, 2012 12:17 am
Words that once described Florida's spectacular springs — words such as crystal-clear and sparkling — are no longer applicable. Decades of runoff from fertilizer and farming, from stormwater and septic tanks have left our once-crystalline springs clouded, polluted and sick. Officially, too many of them, including Silver Springs in... read more. . .
Oct 25, 2012 12:16 am
Eddie Smith's letter ["America Was Never Christian," Oct. 18] was grossly inaccurate. His statement that "most of our Founding Fathers were not Christians" is utterly false. Of the 55 delegates to the 1787 Constitutional Convention, 49 were Protestants and two were Roman Catholics. read more. . .
Oct 25, 2012 12:15 am
This presidential election cycle has been pathetic. Both sides' political action committees have launched utterly false advertisements claiming all sorts of unethical and immoral actions by their opponent. Shame on both of them. read more. . .
Oct 25, 2012 12:14 am
The recent homecoming was a big event for Lake Gibson High School. The event was its homecoming, not just for the big football game, but also a time for seeing your classmates from years gone by. Maybe seeing one of your first puppy love crushes. read more. . .
Oct 25, 2012 12:07 am
Why are there different speed limits for different school zones in Polk County? My children attended Cleveland Court on Edgewood Drive last year, and I was very familiar with the 15 mph flashing school-zone lights just before and after school. I had seen the police on numerous occasions pulling over many cars in this zone. read more. . .
Oct 25, 2012 12:01 am
A story on Chris McLaughlin on page B7 on Sunday may have left readers thinking police answered calls to his house involving his behavior four times in the last year. The first two calls to his house were for a false alarm and a report of a possible theft, not any type of abuse. read more. . .
