Detours: a country in search of direction
On the eve of the election, a reporter and photographer set out for Washington, via America. We tell stories from seven towns, touching on seven issues from politics and real life.
Friday Night Rewind It doesn't matter which team you cheer for. We've got video previews of every high school football program in Hillsborough, Pinellas, Pasco and Hernando County.
Game show themes
These themes are probably going to make some of you have flashbacks to wasted mornings or afternoons spent sprawled in front of the TV.
Well, maybe we're the fourth-best model airport ... in Florida. Tampa International Airport was not among the 20 nationwide scheduled to share in the $40-million "Model Ports" program run by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Miami, Fort Lauderdale and Orlando were selected based on volume of international arrivals. The idea is to improve the "entry experience" of foreign travelers, drawing on expertise from folks like Disney. The Travel Industry of America suggests this hint to calm crowds funneling through limited processing points: "Conceal unused booths to communicate to travelers that the airport has fully deployed its available resources."
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