General Quarters shocked a highly regarded field to win the $225,000 Sam F. Davis Stakes by 31/2 lengths from fellow long shot Sumo on Saturday at Tampa Bay Downs. ...more

February 15, 2009

4:49 p.m.: The Pinellas Community Church, 54th Avenue South and 31st Street, saw heavy voting early this morning that eventually trailed off, but there's been a steady stream of voters in the afternoon. There have been no complaints of long lines. One man said "it was so simple a 2-year-old could do it." ...more

November 4, 2008

Banks borrowed in record amounts from the Federal Reserve's emergency lending facility over the past week, but investment banks drew loans at a slightly lower, but still brisk, pace. ...more

October 24, 2008

Senate Republicans are bracing for another potentially costly 2008 retirement, with veteran Sen. Pete Domenici, R-N.M., expected to announce today that he will not seek a seventh term. ...more

October 4, 2007