Mind the disabled While my husband went into the store I stayed out in the car. I could see the handicapped parking spaces quite well. A van pulled into a handicapped space and had a valid sticker hanging from the window. Out bounced two young kids and their mother. No one appeared handicapped. A moment later a pickup pulled into another handicapped spot and a woman talking on a cell phone with one hand and smoking with the other jumped out of the truck and almost ran into the store. She too had a valid sticker. Meanwhile, a car with a wheelchair ramp on the back was driving round and round looking for an available handicapped spot. ...more

December 25, 2009

Two West Pasco congregations have flocked together to form a new church. ...more

December 6, 2009

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A preacher who wants to resume leading the National Baptist Convention USA after serving a prison term for stealing millions of dollars from the denomination has asked a court to stop an upcoming presidential election. ...more

September 8, 2009

Catholics, put aside your guilt. You don't have to choose between going to Sunday's Super Bowl activities or Mass. ...more

January 30, 2009

I don't remember the last time I had this much fun shopping. ...more

December 3, 2008

Some call her approach too idealistic and unrealistic. But Katharine Jefferts Schori, the Episcopal Church's first female presiding bishop, remains firm in her belief that "all are welcome at the table" of her denomination, an opinion not all Anglicans share. ...more

November 5, 2008

The messages were never so clear at an annual religious convention here for worshippers with special needs. ...more

August 27, 2008

Steve Ezra believes in the healing power of God's grace. As the newly appointed pastor at St. James United Methodist Church, he leads a congregation whose previous pastor, Brian James, stepped down after revealing his addiction to online pornography. ...more

August 13, 2008

TAMPA - A batch of bogus bucks is being passed in the Tampa Bay area, counterfeit $100 and $50 bills that can pass the pen test cashiers frequently use to detect fakes. ...more

July 15, 2008

In August 1980, as the conservative Christian movement was first transforming American politics, Ronald Reagan stood before a Dallas stadium full of 15,000 foot-stomping, hand-clapping evangelicals and pledged his fealty to the Bible. ...more

December 6, 2007