TAMPA Florida's economy flattened out in 2007 largely because of the severe downturn in construction, according to statewide gross domestic product numbers released today. ...more

June 5, 2008

This military base in the far West Texas desert stood as the last Army post in America where if you were old enough to fight and die for your country, you were old enough to drink a beer. ...more

May 30, 2008

If John R. Koza gets his way, American voters never again will have to wonder about the workings of the Electoral College and why it decides who sits in the White House. ...more

February 16, 2008

America has a duty to further the cause of freedom, the president asserted during a major speech in the waning months of his second term. ...more

February 3, 2008

The makers of popular cholesterol drugs Vytorin and Zetia - Merck & Co. and Schering-Plough Corp. - are being sued in states across the country over allegations that they misled consumers into thinking the drugs were more effective than generic ones. ...more

January 25, 2008

WHATtwos? You have to be Smart to know the answer. ...more

January 18, 2008

The Second Amendment's provisions protecting the right to keep and bear arms apply only to the federal government, not the 50 states and the District of Columbia, lawyers for the nation's capital argued Friday in a written brief to the U.S. Supreme Court. ...more

January 5, 2008

About five dozen of the most prolific power hitting high school baseball players from Canada, Germany and all 50 states will participate in the International High School Power Showcase home run derby at 10 a.m. today at Tropicana Field. ...more

January 5, 2008

Florida's population growth slowed, and Louisiana appears to be rebounding from the effects of Hurricane Katrina, gaining 50,000 residents in the year ending July 1, according to Census Bureau state population estimates released Wednesday. ...more

December 27, 2007

Amid growing concern about identity theft, Experian has joined the nation's two other major credit bureaus in allowing consumers to freeze access to their credit files. ...more

October 5, 2007