Patti Schwartz knew where her family was on Sept. 11, 2001. Her daughter, Jennifer Levine, was by her side in West Hempstead, N.Y. Her son, Andrew, was out of the city and her husband, Mark, an emergency medical technician, was not scheduled to be working near downtown Manhattan. ...more

July 5, 2008

The Justice Department is considering letting the FBI investigate Americans without any evidence of wrongdoing, relying instead on a terrorist profile that could single out Muslims, Arabs or other racial and ethnic groups. ...more

July 3, 2008

Patti Schwartz knew where her family was on Sept. 11, 2001. Her daughter, Jennifer Levine, was by her side in West Hempstead, N.Y. Her son, Andrew, was out of the city and her husband, Mark, an emergency medical technician, was not scheduled to be working near downtown Manhattan. ...more

July 2, 2008

In what has become a Brandon musical tradition, the First United Methodist Church of Brandon music ministry will present its annual Fourth of July concert Sunday. ...more

June 28, 2008

The aviation industry - in a rare challenge to a fellow private-sector enterprise - has begun to focus on oil speculators as a chief cause of what it calls its worst-ever economic crisis. ...more

June 26, 2008

The Correct Choice I am sure most people remember where they were and who they were with on Sept. 11, 2001. In January 1986, I can recall where I was and who I was with when the Challenger blew up. ...more

June 21, 2008

For 15 years, Sharon Kearney O'Loughlin traveled into Manhattan every day from her Long Island, N.Y., home. The commute, door to door, was 21/2 hours each way. ...more

June 21, 2008

Tiger Woods was must-see TV at the U.S. Open, making birdie on the final hole to force a playoff, another clutch birdie the next day to extend the playoff and winning his 14th major on what amounted to one good leg. ...more

June 20, 2008

"Touching History: The Untold Story of the Drama That Unfolded in the Skies Over America on 9/11," by Lynn Spencer (Free Press, $26) ...more

June 8, 2008

Some of our citizens live in an unrealistic dream world. Having gone through part of World War II was not easy for me. The loss of innocent lives of women and children was indeed very tragic, but the alternative would have been horrendous. ...more

February 21, 2008