It would be hard for health care reform to be in worse shape. What were once lofty promises to curtail the excess of a soulless group of health insurance companies has turned into what is almost certainly going to be a bonanza for those very same companies. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is trying desperately to salvage some aspect of the bill and even still it seems unlikely that any good will come from this "reform." ...more

October 31, 2009

The Rays' newly acquired status as a destination spot for free agents comes with a caveat: They don't have nearly enough room to accommodate players who might otherwise be attractive to them. ...more

March 31, 2009

The car's design follows the family resemblance of the larger, more aggressive Charger. ...more

January 3, 2009

The cost to secure zoning reviews and building permits for everything from fences to mansions are about to rise in the city of Brooksville. ...more

December 3, 2008

The people have spoken, and the Rays have conceded. Should the American League Championship Series return to Tropicana Field for Games 6 and 7, the team will remove the tarps that have blocked off upper-level seats all year to allow thousands more fans in the building. ...more

October 15, 2008

We usually go to movies simply to be entertained. We buy our tickets, mortgage the house for some popcorn and a soft drink, and settle in with Dolby surround sound. ...more

September 27, 2008

Robert Temple let his girlfriend go to her out-of-state family reunion with a caveat: If she didn't return to their travel trailer in Northern California, he would kill himself and their autistic daughter, Pinellas sheriff's authorities said. ...more

September 11, 2008

Rosemary Christensen has been missing for nine years, but investigators this week recovered her body and are preparing to arrest Robert Glenn Temple, her husband when she was last seen. ...more

September 10, 2008

County officials on Thursday cleared the builders of State Road 56 to work round-the-clock as they rush to finish the first leg of the road in time for the Oct. 30 opening of the Shops at Wiregrass mall. ...more

August 29, 2008

County officials today cleared the builders of State Road 56 to work round-the-clock as they rush to finish the first leg of the road in time for the Oct. 30 opening of the Shops at Wiregrass mall. County Administrator John Gallagher and the Development Review Committee OK'd a 24-hour-a-day schedule for a 10-day period starting in mid-September. Crews will be laying asphalt for the six-lane road, said Jim Richardson, vice president of Forest City Enterprises, one of the companies involved in the road project. Forest City is overseeing the section of S.R. 56 that passes in front of its 800,000-square-foot outdoor shopping plaza. ...more

August 28, 2008