Ernest Hooper
From around the world to Tampa
Look at the list of cities where Lladro owns stores selling its porcelain artwork: Singapore, Hong Kong, London, Madrid, New York, Las Vegas, Beverly Hills, Calif., Valencia, Spain, and ...
Howard Troxler
Some hard truths about state's tax on intangibles
An "intangible" is something you can't touch, but is real anyway.
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New York charity's finances questioned
TAMPA -- Wanting to help families devastated by the Sept. 11 attack in New York, the Hillsborough Sheriff's Office decided to hold a fundraiser and split the proceeds between a local charity and the Silver Shield Foundation in New York City.
Task force asseses terrorism threat
State and local officials meet with the governor Thursday to address the job ahead.
Attorney: Taping incident a mistake
The lawyer says two Bangladeshi men were videotaping a woman at the Port of Tampa.
Lecturer at USF offers lesson in discrimination
Former teacher Jane Elliott has shared her lessons about discrimination on the Oprah Winfrey Show, the Today show, the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, Donahue, ABC News and PBS Frontline. For more than 25 years, she has addressed schools, businesses and organizations. And from 7-9 p.m. Thursday, she'll visit USF as part of the University Lecture Series.
Records: Vietnam stories just that
Chester Luney, at the center of a federal inquiry into VA grant money, spins tales of undercover work.
Donations for abused baby swamp office
TAMPA -- A day after asking the public for help in providing a 10-month-old rape victim with food, diapers and clothes, the offices of the Department of Children and Families were inundated with donations.
Judge dismisses suit accusing TECO of bias
TAMPA -- A federal judge decided Thursday that an employee's discrimination allegations against Tampa Electric Co. were too flimsy for the trial to continue.
Agents search chelation therapist's home, clinic
TAMPA -- Federal agents served search warrants Thursday at an alternative health clinic in Carrollwood and a home in St. Petersburg.
Rankings say UT is making strides
Among the also-rans in a national magazine's small college rankings last year, the University of Tampa surges to No. 33 this year.
