Cover story
Place your bets
[Times art: Octavio Perez]
Though Florida and most other states consider many forms of online gambling illegal, it's easy to place wagers from the comfort of your home computer. And that has alarmed government officials and groups that combat gambling addiction.
Today's news
With week to spare, Delta averts strike
Delta, a major carrier at Tampa International, reaches a tentative contract deal with its pilots union.
Talk of the bay
What's the tech-speak for 'pink slip'?
Here's a word for employees to watch for in shaky economic times: "transition."
Clicking channels while clicking the mouse
Do you dash from your TV to your computer whenever Regis Philbin says you can play Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? online along with the TV contestants? Download video clips of Survivor or Big Brother after watching the shows? Perhaps play armchair quarterback on Monday Night Football's Web site the same time the game is on?
The phantoms of the ER
Hard to believe, but there are people who actually try to wrangle their way into hospitals.
'Trial by Fire' salutes a difficult tech year
It's been a rough year for executives at Tampa Bay area technology companies. On Thursday, the survivors will be consoled with free mai tais and pupus.
Lower profits turn happy talk on its head
What a difference a few weeks makes.
