County commissioners no longer have the final say on the Spring Hill Fire Rescue District. ...more

November 5, 2008

First, the $700 billion rescue for the economy was about buying devalued mortgage-backed securities from tottering banks to unclog frozen credit markets. ...more

October 26, 2008

Older Americans with investments are among the hardest-hit by the turmoil in the financial markets and have the least opportunity to recover. ...more

September 23, 2008

Brian Griese was home alone. Back in the city where he grew up, back where his father built a Hall of Fame career and he laid the foundation for his own career, Griese sat alone at a media gathering while the ocean of reporters covering Super Bowl XLI in Miami searched for the likes of Brian Urlacher, Tank Johnson and, of course, Rex Grossman. ...more

September 18, 2008

What a turnaround. Last year at this time, the Tampa Bay Rays were a bedeviled last-place team with a sorry 58-82 win-loss record. Today, for the first time in the Rays' 11-year history, they have a winning season at 85-54 and are poised for a division championship. ...more

September 6, 2008

Senior Rikki Albritton paced back and forth like a caged animal with a hungry look on her face before Sebring took the court to face nemesis Lake Placid on Tuesday at the Sebring Preseason Classic. ...more

August 28, 2008

Fifth Third Bancorp., trying to shore up its capital base amid rising loan losses, said Wednesday it will slash its dividend by nearly two-thirds and try to raise $2 billion with a stock offering and the sale of some noncore businesses. ...more

June 19, 2008

Florida has its share of unscrupulous insurance agents who have been talking retirees into bad deals. One popular tactic is to sell a long-term annuity to very old customers who shouldn't be tying up their money for so long. ...more

May 10, 2008

The trainer with the volleyball-sized biceps did not waste any time giving his students the hard facts. There will be weight loss, but there will also be pain. ...more

February 3, 2008

Get Ahead, Stay Ahead ...more

October 15, 2007