New Year's Eve has been and gone, but for oilmen, the party continues. On Jan. 2, helped across the line by a New York trader eager for bragging rights, the first business day of the year, the price of their product topped $100 a barrel for the first time. Oil is now almost five times more expensive than it was at the beginning of 2002. ...more

January 11, 2008

DELRAY BEACH - A thief stole a safe containing thousands of dollars collected from parishioners during Christmas Eve services at a church. ...more

December 28, 2007

Postal worker Vanessa Cruz didn't have to work Christmas Day but she did, volunteering to play Santa's helper and bring last-minute packages via the U.S. Postal Service's express mail. ...more

December 26, 2007

Postal worker Vanessa Cruz volunteered to work Christmas Day. She played Santa's helper as she brought last-minute packages via the U.S. Postal Service's express mail. ...more

December 25, 2007

SEBRING — Have a gift you want to send out before Christmas? For standard mail, Monday was the deadline, and deadlines are fast approaching for express mail. ...more

December 18, 2007

Holiday procrastinators get ready: Today is expected to be the year's busiest day at the post office. ...more

December 17, 2007

Few words can mean so much, or so little, as one. ...more

December 16, 2007

SEBRING — Tina Harshman started her Monday morning bright and early by turning on her computer and buying some Christmas gifts online. Cyber Monday, as retailers have tagged the Monday after Thanksgiving, is the busiest day of the year for online shopping. According to a survey for Shop.org, an online arm of the National Retail Federation, 72 million consumers were planning to shop online from home or at work on Cyber Monday, and sales were expected to exceed $700 million. A number of retailers even hosted special sales or offers for the occasion. Harshman found good deals on gifts for her kids at Web sites for Toys "R" Us and Gymboree. ...more

November 27, 2007

Today is the busiest online shopping day of the year and has been coined "Cyber Monday." ...more

November 26, 2007

We're hearing and reading the usual hand-wringer stories about prospects for the holiday shopping season. Despite all the current worries, we're sure everything will be OK. ...more

November 24, 2007