The father of the children on "Jon & Kate Plus 8" says it's "not healthy" for his kids to continue appearing on the TLC reality show. ...more

October 1, 2009

Federal banking regulators have hit the small First Commercial Bank of Tampa Bay, 4600 W. Kennedy Blvd., with a cease-and-desist order demanding, among other things, the bank improve its finances. ...more

June 28, 2009

The cloud that hung over Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc. for 4½ years is breaking up. ...more

March 20, 2009

A giant snowman named Snowzilla has mysteriously appeared again this year — despite the city's cease-and-desist order. ...more

December 24, 2008

There are 13,312 licensed barbers in Florida. ...more

December 20, 2008

The year was 1972, and an ad in Chicago Today ("Wanted: Writers. Flexible hours.") led me to an upper floor of a building on LaSalle Street. I was 21, desperate for a job and wearing the Montgomery Ward suit I'd gotten for graduation. Before long, I was shaking hands with the president of Termpapers Inc., who hired me without bothering to look at the portfolio I brought along. ...more

September 21, 2008