Something absolutely must be done about the legalized extortion suffered by senior citizens at the hands of health insurance companies. My wife and I have been customers of our health insurance company for seven years. In the first five years, our premiums were increased an average of 18.5 percent per year, despite the fact that the cost of living increased less than 3 percent per year. ...more

December 25, 2009

Something absolutely must be done about the legalized extortion suffered by senior citizens at the hands of health insurance companies. My wife and I have been customers of our health insurance company for seven years. In the first five years, our premiums were increased an average of 18.5 percent per year, despite the fact that the cost of living increased less than 3 percent per year. Two years ago, when our insurance company informed us that our annual premiums would be $14,400 plus a $2,000 deductible for two healthy 58 year olds, we knew something had to be done. ...more

December 21, 2009

Mosaic Fertilizer celebrated its first five years on the New York Stock Exchange recently by contributing $45,000 and 6,000 pounds of food to benefit America's Second Harvest. ...more

November 11, 2009

Mosaic Fertilizer celebrated its first five years on the New York Stock Exchange recently by contributing $45,000 in cash and 6,000 pounds of food to benefit America's Second Harvest. ...more

November 4, 2009

Brian Cashman thinks the Yankees should rally around Alex Rodriguez following a book in which former manager Joe Torre portrayed A-Rod as a divisive figure in the New York clubhouse. ...more

January 27, 2009

Scheduling problems have delayed talks between state officials and the Seminole Tribe about its gambling compact, a lawyer for the Seminoles said. ...more

December 6, 2008

When Valrico resident Sue Bowditch lost her daughter, Karron, in 2000, her whole world came to a halt. ...more

September 24, 2008

Warrick Dunn optimistically believed he could watch his former team play in Super Bowl XXXVII. ...more

September 7, 2008

When state-mandated property-tax cuts forced Pasco County to cut spending by $16 million last summer, Sheriff Bob White came in asking for a budget increase of $11 million. ...more

August 8, 2008

It's Thursday morning, July 3. Eddie Kenny, Bishop McLaughlin High's new athletic director, has been on the job only two days. ...more

July 10, 2008