Banks expect to tighten terms on credit cards in response to a new law that aims to protect consumers from sudden rate increases, the Federal Reserve said on Monday. ...more

November 10, 2009

An eclectic mix of history and architectural styles will be on display for V.M. Ybor's first annual home tour Sunday. ...more

October 21, 2009

TOWN 'N COUNTRY - Town 'N Country celebrated its 50th anniversary Sept. 19 with a party for hundreds at Jackson Springs Park. ...more

September 30, 2009

A white-bearded 55-year-old Texan has won the 2009 "Papa" Hemingway Look-Alike Contest in this island city. ...more

July 27, 2009

Forecasters predict a relatively mild hurricane season this year. If their projections bear out, it couldn't come at a better time. Floridians face the worst recession since the 1930s, with double-digit unemployment rates, broad job losses across several industries and a disastrous real estate market clogged with foreclosures and vacant homes. In a state reliant on tourism and housing, a major hurricane could plunge the economy into an even steeper decline. Perhaps we'll be fortunate again. If not, here's a look at the grave effects of a major storm on Florida's historically vibrant economic engines: housing, tourism and jobs. ...more

June 14, 2009

I think the Tampa Theatre and I came into being the same year. Maybe I haven't held up as well, but it still gives me a thrill to go there and sit in the audience waiting for that glorious organ to come rising up from the stage, with the most wonderful music filling the hall. For a few moments, I'm a kid again, and we're singing to the bouncing ball on the screen. Oh, I never got over the thrill of it. ...more

June 8, 2009

I can't believe how some of the media are comparing our current recession to the Great Depression of the 1930s when there were no Social Security checks, no Supplemental Security Income checks, and no unemployment checks. ...more

April 27, 2009

The Girl Scouts announced this week that they are extending cookie sales until March 29. They were scheduled to end Sunday. ...more

March 19, 2009

Mike Adams started playing with trains when he was 4 years old. The Brandon resident and retired airline employee never stopped. ...more

March 18, 2009

America's recession "probably" will end this year if the government succeeds in bolstering the banking system, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Sunday in a rare television interview. ...more

March 16, 2009