A proposal that would make it a felony to have sex with animals passed out of its first state House committee today. ...more

March 27, 2009

A federal judge orders the FDA to let 17-year-olds obtain the Plan B morning-after pill. ...more

March 23, 2009

The Florida House of Representatives is cynically using the economic downturn to justify an effort to gut measures that protect neighborhoods, taxpayers and natural resources. ...more

March 10, 2009

At the behest of its students, an elementary school near New York City has been renamed after President-elect Barack Obama. ...more

November 21, 2008

Just showing up counted for a lot. Group of 20 leaders may not have quite rewritten the rules of global finance in a weekend. But they accomplished much by just gathering in such large numbers - both the older economic powerhouses and the newer fast-growing ones - to grapple with the world's financial panic and pledging to work together to contain it. ...more

November 16, 2008

McCain Best For Vets ...more

September 23, 2008

Florida has failed to adequately investigate criminal backgrounds and take other steps to stop convicted felons from writing mortgages, a state review has found. ...more

September 17, 2008

Overcrowding is the cause of nearly all problems found at Pasco County's two jails, but inspectors gave detention operations at the two facilities overall high marks for their "exemplary" conditions. ...more

September 5, 2008

A jail addition now under construction could relieve overcrowding as the number of inmates begins to swell again and inspections turned up "notable violations" at Pasco County's two detention centers. ...more

September 5, 2008

Code Enforcement officials have more cash to tackle the overgrown lawns of vacant homes, but they have a request for frustrated neighbors: Be patient. ...more

August 22, 2008