A 91-year-old Manatee County man and his wife were scammed out of $3,500 by a person claiming to be their grandson. ...more

January 15, 2009

A man who carried out a Christmas Eve massacre and arson dressed as Santa at the home of his former in-laws apparently intended to flee the United States, but his plans were dashed after the inferno he created severely burned his arms and melted his red costume onto his body, police said Friday. ...more

December 27, 2008

The Valpak coupon company will eliminate 79 positions as a result of lower projected coupon volume in 2009. That represents about 6 percent of Valpak's work force. ...more

December 18, 2008

The Valpak coupon company will eliminate 79 positions as a result of lower projected coupon volume in 2009. That represents about six percent of Valpak's total workforce. ...more

December 17, 2008

Office Depot Inc. will close about 9 percent of its North American stores and cut 2,200 jobs during the next three months while planning to open fewer locations next year in an effort to cut costs. ...more

December 11, 2008

The state's toll road authority, Florida's Turnpike Enterprise, says it won't do the $183 million project to link New Tampa Boulevard and Interstate 275 because a four-month study shows it would be too costly. ...more

December 2, 2008

More than a dozen people plan to shed their tresses during a visit to Kids Community College Charter School on Tuesday. They're doing it for love –- Locks of Love, to be specific. The nonprofit organization provides wigs to people in the United States and Canada who have lost their hair to illness. ...more

November 24, 2008

6:30 a.m.: In the gray of pre-dawn in Lutz, two women stood in line to vote in a presidential election for the first time in their lives -- one because she was finally old enough, the other because she became a U.S. citizen in June. They were separated by about a dozen other voters at the First United Methodist Church. At 6:30 a.m., the line was growing about two to four people a minute. ...more

November 4, 2008

Canada's national media are projecting that Prime Minister Stephen Harper, the first major world leader to face election since the global financial meltdown, has led his Conservative Party to victory in Tuesday's election. ...more

October 15, 2008

••Donors must be at least 16 years old, weigh 110 pounds or more and be in generally good health ...more

September 27, 2008