Sunday, December 18, 2011

DayStarter | 'If I die young'


Top News

image If I die young

By Lane DeGregory, Times Staff Writer, and John Pendygraft, Times Staff Photographer

Last year, 249 people died of prescription drug overdoses in Pinellas County. Just about everybody who knew Stacy Nicholson figured she was next. Then an empathetic judge gave her a choice: recovery, or the coffin.

image Earmarks a mixed bag for Mack

By Marc Caputo and Alex Leary, Times/Herald Staff Writers

The GOP Senate candidate voted for billions in budget earmarks, but now supports a moratorium.

Capitol ties aid charter schools

By Jeffrey S. Solochek, Times Staff Writer

State lawmakers say their goals are to help education, not business.

Tampa car dealer caught up in terrorists' scheme

By Danny Valentine, Times Staff Writer

Mansour Brothers did not know their cars were used in a large money-laundering plot.

image Romney's camp calm over Gingrich

By Adam C. Smith, Times Political Editor

Senate okay of tax cut may push fight into 2012

New York Times

Extensions of a lower payroll tax and jobless aid will last 2 months if backed by the House.

image Encircling a community

By Rebecca Catalanello, Times Staff Writer

A principal's boyhood hobby catches on, producing generations of Oldsmar unicyclists.

image Church, timing of holiday at odds

By Sarah Whitman, Times Staff Writer

With Christmas Day coming on a Sunday, area churches alter their schedules.

Hotel investigation faulty

By Michael Van Sickler, Times Staff Writer

New records show the city dropped the ball in the inquiry into a Hilton developer's fee.

Gates system faces doubts

By Marlene Sokol, Times Staff Writer

Silent at first, unhappy teachers are expressing concern with the evaluation initiative.

Top Sports News

image Ripped in a half

By Rick Stroud, Times Staff Writer

The Bucs get dominated for the first 30 minutes on their way to their eighth consecutive defeat.

image Progress comes in bits for Lightning

By Damian Cristodero, Times Staff Writer

It conquers some bad habits and holds on to a lead to get a rare small winning streak.

image Two champions crowned

Armwood and Plant, the top teams in the bay area all season, win state football titles.

image Boynton, Florida too much for top D

By Antonya English, Times Staff Writer

image Poor performance puts coach on island

By Gary Shelton, Times Sports Columnist

Top Features

image Reflection of the Egyptians

By Lennie Bennett, Times Art Critic

The objects that surrounded the noble Egyptian at death were chosen with purpose, yet also imbued with symbolic transcendence as vessels to transport one to the afterlife.

image Compare and contrast

By Steve Persall, Times Movie Critic

Readers of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo will, inevitably, cast a critical eye at the film. Director David Fincher shares his thought process.

image WOODY'S SWEET ODE TO JAZZ

By Steve Persall, Times Movie Critic

Reverent of real jazz, Woody Allen refuses to toot his own horn as a musician.

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