President Barack Obama's longtime minister, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, gave an assessment Thursday of his former congregant's short time in the White House: Obama is just like any other president. ...more

March 6, 2009

Like businesses big and small in this sinking economy, charitable organizations are struggling. ...more

February 25, 2009

Like businesses big and small in this sinking economy, charitable organizations are struggling. ...more

February 24, 2009

NEW YORK - Trillions in stock market value - gone. Trillions in retirement savings - gone. A huge chunk of the money you paid for your house, the money you're saving for college, the money your boss needs to make payroll - gone, gone, gone. ...more

October 11, 2008

DANVILLE, Va. - Republican presidential candidate John McCain's campaign has ousted a prominent Virginia GOP figure who wrote a newspaper column mocking a potential Barack Obama administration. ...more

October 11, 2008

The United Way of Central Florida, Highlands County Division, kicked off its 2008 campaign Monday and recognized its "pacesetters," those who have already run their campaigns. ...more

September 17, 2008

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September 17, 2008

What will it take to get Hillary Clinton to quit? ...more

May 11, 2008

What will it take to get Hillary Clinton to quit? Oh, that's right, quit isn't in the Clintons' vocabulary, and she insists she's staying on the campaign trail "until there's a nominee." Hello? Apparently, presidential campaigns on Planet Hillary work differently than those here on Earth. ...more

May 11, 2008

Things are busy at the Plant City Family YMCA, 1507 YMCA Place. The organization recently launched its 2008 annual giving effort, the Building Strong Kids Campaign. This year's fundraising goal is $110,000. All money raised in the campaign stays in Plant City to help make YMCA membership and programs possible for children and families who could not otherwise afford to participate. ...more

February 16, 2008