Shamrock, the killer poodle, is getting this mention in the blog tonight after becoming a little more famous on the news tonight thanks to Jackie Robinson. Weeks after wondering if the kidnapping and killing of those 10th Mountain Division soldiers could be a turning point in the war, we are left wondering again if the change of heart by a few republicans will spread to larger numbers and bring about change in the coming months. Weeks after wondering if the kidnapping and killing of those...

There were even times when he would visit the stadium of an opponent in the week leading up to the game, climb up a locked fence and practice kicking on the foreign turf. He returned in 1977 to speak at the school's commencement, but since then has passed through town only a handful of times. As the years have faded, so too have the memories of the greatest high school field goal kicker Hernando County has ever seen. Ernie Chatman, a longtime Brooksville resident and Hernando teacher who...

Britney Spears was thisclose to putting the final nail in the coffin that was her marriage to Kevin Federline, but now Kev is resisting signing the final divorce papers. Kevin's peeps also "wants to make sure that the divorce document makes it simple enough for Kevin to downsize Britney's access to her kids the next time her behavior troubles him. The singer had previously been questioned by authorities about an incident where she allegedly karate kicked a paparazzi photographer outside a...

Bulbs are below ground, natives are dormant, spring annuals and vegetables have died off, and all else is hunkering down for the long hot spell ahead. Commercial avocado growers paint the trunks of young trees with white interior latex paint to prevent sunscald on new wood. For very choice daffodils, tulips, cyclamen and ranunculus that don't often come back year after year, you might try digging and storing them for the summer. These icons link to social bookmarking sites where you can...