The new gold rush is on. The price of the precious metal is soaring, hitting a record $1,119 an ounce Wednesday - confounding market analysts who thought there was no way gold would remain so expensive when it first cracked the unheard-of $1,000 mark last year. ...more

November 12, 2009

More than 500 guests are expected at the South Florida Baptist Hospital Foundation's Sept. 24 Diamonds & Denim Gala, its biggest fundraiser of the year. The $50 per person event will be held in from 7 to 10 p.m. in the expo building on the Florida Strawberry Festival grounds in Plant City. ...more

September 8, 2009

Rob Thomas is rocking the basketball playoffs, again. ...more

April 30, 2009

Women lately appear willing to buy things for themselves at HSN Inc., just not on something "selfish." ...more

March 4, 2009

At the Hyde Park Cafe, a couple of dozen fans, the vast majority men, waited for Dallas Cowboys' wide receiver Terrell Owens to arrive Thursday night. They milled about as Grand Master Flash blasted from the speakers. ...more

January 31, 2009

- Two teenagers have been charged with the theft of $27,000 in jewelry they reportedly said they later traded for drugs. ...more

November 15, 2008

A raid on a suspected gang of international jewel thieves has recovered an uncut ruby known as the "Prince of Burma" worth $4.1 million, Austrian authorities said Thursday. ...more

November 7, 2008

A man and woman were shot in the parking lot of a nude bar after getting in an argument, the Pasco County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

February 24, 2008

"I admit I'm a stickler for grammar," my friend the English professor told me in the club lounge, "but to me, 'A Christmas Carol' lacked the Ghost of Christmas Present Perfect." ...more

December 17, 2007

Cy the Cynic says that when the forecast is a 50 percent chance of rain, it means the weatherman has no idea. It's a bad idea to rely on a finesse - a 50 percent chance - when you have no idea whether it will work. ...more

November 28, 2007