Although anti-tax sentiment remains strong in Tallahassee, Gov. Charlie Crist is showing leadership by proposing the state begin charging a fee to bottle water companies that each day siphon millions of gallons of Florida's water for free. ...more

March 7, 2009

Daytona 500 winner Matt Kenseth made it two victories in a row Sunday, holding off a late challenge from Jeff Gordon to win the Auto Club 500. ...more

February 23, 2009

Retailers are suffering through one of the most difficult holiday seasons in years, slashing prices by 70 percent and 80 percent and offering other deals in a desperate effort to ring up more sales. ...more

December 24, 2008

Calling the Tampa prosecution of John A. "Junior" Gotti a desperate effort to overcome the federal government's losing streak against him, defense lawyers Friday filed a motion seeking to move the case to New York. ...more

September 13, 2008

Calling the Tampa prosecution of John A. "Junior" Gotti a desperate effort to overcome the federal government's losing streak against him, defense lawyers this morning filed a motion seeking to move the case to New York. ...more

September 12, 2008

The Rev. Howard Douglas Porter says he tried to brake before his truck plunged into an irrigation ditch, and that he made a desperate effort to save his elderly passenger from drowning in the mire. ...more

May 30, 2008

A top adviser to Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York said Wednesday that Illinois Sen. Barack Obama's admission of illegal drug use as a young man could threaten his electability and be seized on by Republicans if he won the Democratic presidential nomination. ...more

December 13, 2007