The Senate has passed a hurricane insurance bill that raises rates on more than 1 million customers of the Citizens Property Insurance Corp. ...more

April 28, 2009

Oprah Winfrey sent her first "tweet" during a taping of her television talk show. ...more

April 17, 2009

A fire that caused $1.65 million in damage to a Pinellas County warehouse Tuesday night is suspicious, authorities said. Arson detectives were to return this morning to continue investigating the four-alarm fire that destroyed the warehouse at Joe's Creek Industrial Park, 3120 46th Ave. in Lealman. ...more

April 15, 2009

City funding for nonprofit organizations will be cut next fiscal year. ...more

April 14, 2009

The FBI and "The Oprah Winfrey Show" say Internet users should beware of an e-mail scam that promises attendance at the popular talk show in exchange for the purchase of a plane ticket. ...more

April 9, 2009

On April 2 you reported on Gov. Charlie Crist's proposed purchase of 72,500 acres of U.S. Sugar land near the Everglades ("Recession Decimates Everglades Land Deal," front page). ...more

April 9, 2009

A downtown law firm is moving to Tampa Heights. Weekley Schulte Valdes plans to move into the former Ticor Title building, 1635 N. Tampa St., by May 25, said Chris Schulte, a partner in the firm that handles civil litigation. ...more

April 1, 2009

Commercial lobster fishermen in the Florida Keys say a "disastrous" spiny lobster harvesting season has come to an end. ...more

March 31, 2009

State Farm has until April 14 to file an amended appeal of the plan state regulators approved for the company's withdrawal from Florida's property insurance market. ...more

March 31, 2009

Lennar lost $155 million in the first quarter of 2009. ...more

March 30, 2009