President Barack Obama is hoping to use comedian Jay Leno's late-night show to add a light touch to his work getting the economy on track. But news photographers who cover the White House aren't laughing. ...more

March 19, 2009

For the five years she has run Frida's Cafe and Bakery on busy Ulmerton Road, Frida Alipour has sold cookies featuring the faces of the presidential candidates. ...more

January 21, 2009

For the five years she's run Frida's Café and Bakery on busy Ulmerton Road, Frida Alipour has sold cookies featuring the faces of the presidential candidates before the election. And, as part of an unofficial poll, her staff keeps track of how many of a particular candidate's cookies sell before Nov. 4. ...more

January 20, 2009

A Democratic activist is trying to turn his court challenge over Florida's early primary date into a class-action lawsuit on behalf of all Democratic and Republican voters in Florida. ...more

November 29, 2008

Settle down, supporters of President-elect Barack Obama. The headline above is not a prediction of what the Obama administration, backed by a solidly Democratic Congress, will accomplish. We've learned from decades of political observing not to place much value in the campaign promises of presidential candidates. They haven't help much when trying to predict what they will do once in the Oval Office. ...more

November 8, 2008

One senses that your coverage of campaign 2008 was strategically designed to educate not sway the public. And you carried out that strategy wonderfully. ...more

November 6, 2008

Byron Leftwich led two touchdown drives after Ben Roethlisberger reinjured his throwing shoulder and the Pittsburgh Steelers beat the Washington Redskins 23-6 on Monday night. ...more

November 4, 2008

Democrat Barack Obama told ESPN's "Monday Night Football" it's time for college football to pick a champion with a playoff system while Republican John McCain would put an end to performance-enhancing substances. ...more

November 3, 2008

For the past six weeks, Seminole resident John Piazza said he has had to buy plenty of John McCain signs to replace the ones that have gone missing from his front yard. ...more

November 3, 2008

Bucs defensive end Kevin Carter has spent more time comparing the foreign policies of John McCain and Barack Obama, the country's two major presidential candidates, than discussing his team's defense when speaking with reporters this season. ...more

November 2, 2008