An infant parade of Busch babies has come to Tampa. Eight new wildebeests are strolling along the attraction's Serengeti Plain, and a most uncommon baby addax was introduced to the world at Busch Gardens within the past few months. ...more

July 30, 2008

DUNEDIN – Gregory A. Rice, head of the planning and community development division for the city of Ashland, Ky., for the last four years, has been named Dunedin's director of planning and development services. Dunedin City Manager Robert DiSpirito said Thursday Rice was selected from a slate of 19 finalists compiled during a nationwide search. ...more

June 19, 2008

SEBRING – A review of the past year, a look ahead at the year ahead and the presentation of awards were the order of business during the Greater Sebring Chamber of Commerce's annual banquet Friday night at the Restoration Center. Megan Klootwyk was recognized as the Ambassador of the Year. Kim Heintz was presented with the Director of the Year award. Bob and Nadine Tedstone received the Volunteer of the Year award. This is the first time that a couple has been honored with the award. Highlands Independent Bank was named the Business of the Year. ...more

February 17, 2008

A training manual for Canadian diplomats lists the United States as a country where prisoners risk torture and abuse, citing interrogation techniques such as stripping prisoners, blindfolding and sleep deprivation. ...more

January 19, 2008

Video released by Canadian authorities of the last moments of a Polish immigrant's life shows police using a Taser stun gun on him after confronting him at the Vancouver airport. ...more

November 16, 2007

Turkey's top general warned that ties with the United States, already strained by attacks from rebels hiding in Iraq, will be irreversibly damaged if Congress passes a resolution that labels the World War I-era killings of Armenians a genocide. ...more

October 15, 2007