Florida's U.S. Sen. Mel Martinez announced this week that he won't seek a second term. His announcement left a lot of political players scrambling to position themselves for the prized seat. We believe whomever lands his seat in 2010 will be an improvement over Martinez. ...more

December 4, 2008

One For Thumb I found the column "Don't Kill The Corporate Goat" that appeared in the Nov. 28 Trib interesting. I think Thomas Sowell missed the point. The amount of money a CEO takes out of his organization is not the point. The point is the CEO is like a captain of a ship. He is getting paid to ensure his ship is performing the task it is designed to do. ...more

December 2, 2008

Dear Abby: My husband and I just found out that his daughter and her boyfriend duped everyone - including us - with a formal, traditional wedding ceremony, but the "marriage" is not legal. They had no intention of being legally wed but felt that because they are having a baby, they were entitled to a wedding. ...more

November 30, 2008

Police are looking for a man they say robbed Grow Financial Federal Credit Union about 2:50 p.m. today. ...more

November 26, 2008

Three homeless men somehow obtained a kilogram of cocaine that they tried to sell to an undercover investigator on Friday, deputies said. ...more

November 22, 2008

Now the big three tells us they need an infusion of cash to the tune of about $25 billion. ...more

November 22, 2008

Pinellas detectives have arrested a Clearwater man in connection with a pair of bank robberies and say he's a suspect in three others. ...more

November 21, 2008

Lakeland police are searching for a man who robbed the Mid-Florida Federal Credit Union this afternoon. ...more

November 20, 2008

"It's been a long day, but a day that has come to an end. It ended in the arrest of one of our police officers today." That was the opening statement from Avon Park Police Chief Matt Doughney at a press conference Wednesday night, where he announced that Officer Adam Wayne Willis, 30, was taken into custody following a lengthy investigation by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) for misconduct. ...more

November 20, 2008

A man sporting a khaki hat and sunglasses robbed a Florida Bank branch at gunpoint this afternoon, St. Petersburg police said. ...more

November 20, 2008