Studies show cyber-bullying is becoming more prevalent in this high-tech age. ...more

April 1, 2009

Allegations that South Florida Rep. Tim Mahoney paid money to a former staffer to cover up their illicit affair has moved him onto a list of at least 14 sitting members of Congress facing allegations of unsavory, unethical - or even illegal - conduct. ...more

October 18, 2008

Bell Shoals Baptist Church has permission to erect a 19-foot-tall, 15.5-foot-wide pole sign that will flash electronic messages to passers-by at the side of Bell Shoals Road. ...more

June 11, 2008

County officials OKs flashing church sign. ...more

June 6, 2008

Besides the medical conditions that send people to the hospital in the first place, there are many other things big and small to endure as a patient: bedpans, gowns that never seem to conceal everything in back, no home cooking, boredom and limited TV options. ...more

February 11, 2008

To overcome the problem of patient isolation, Morton Plant Mease Health Care recently set up a page on its Web site. Through it friends and family can send e-mails to inpatients at: Morton Plant North Bay Hospital, New Port Richey; Mease Countryside Hospital, Safety Harbor; Mease Dunedin Hospital, Dunedin; Morton Plant Hospital, Clearwater; and the Madonna Ptak Morton Plant Rehab Center, Clearwater. ...more

February 9, 2008

I read with amusement the Highlands today article on electronic messages dated Feb. 1 about Mr. David Flowers getting only a letter of reprimand from assistant county administrator Mr. Helms for sending instant messages. I don't know about anyone else but that article really smells when you read between the lines. After the firing of three employees for doing the same thing, save the baloney. Using county equipment for personal use, no matter what the circumstances are, is still against policy. Mr. Helms messed up with the termination of first three persons. Policy again dictates the proper type of disciplinary action that should have been issued. It appears what's good for the goose isn't good for the gander. I guess it just goes to show you, if you're one of the big dogs or good old boys, which ever you prefer, who gets caught with his hand in the cookie jar, it's still business as usual. I wait with great anticipation the next chapter of Highlands Gate! ...more

February 5, 2008

Convicted sex offenders who used the Internet to help them commit their crimes will be banned from using the Internet under a measure signed into law Thursday. ...more

December 28, 2007

Electronic message signs are nixed by county commissioners on 3-2 vote ...more

December 5, 2007

It was a serious contribution to the electronic lexicon. :-) Twenty-five years ago, Carnegie Mellon University Professor Scott E. Fahlman says, he was the first to use three keystrokes - a colon followed by a hyphen and a parenthesis - as a horizontal 'smiley face' in a computer message. ...more

September 24, 2007