The customer who entered Hien Nguyen's St. Petersburg jewelry store a little before noon today was in a big rush. He picked up two white gold wedding bands, each encircled with three rows of diamonds, and hurried on his way. ...more

December 11, 2008

A vote last week by a state regulatory commission means auto manufacturers may have to revamp the cars and trucks they sell in Florida to meet a tough new emissions standard. ...more

December 7, 2008

Last month, scientists publishing in the journal Nature declared that they had all but unraveled the biological mystery of what made a woolly mammoth woolly and, well, mammoth, laying the foundation for a tale worthy of the late Michael Crichton. ...more

December 7, 2008

President-elect Barack Obama this week named his national security team and his choice for commerce secretary, and he squeezed in a meeting with the nation's governors. ...more

December 6, 2008

One week from tonight, Florida Gov. Charlie Crist and girlfriend Carole Rome will say their "I do's," and a Tampa florist is helping put the finishing touches on the big event. ...more

December 5, 2008

On Sunday, the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season came to a soggy end. Although this year's season was one of the deadliest on record, most of the death and destruction was visited on islands in the Caribbean. That doesn't make that toll any less horrible. As a practical matter, however, the fact that no major hurricane hit Florida for a second straight year was a good thing for Florida Gov. Charlie Crist and the Legislature. ...more

December 3, 2008

Tiffany Edwards thought she was running out of time to persuade her lender to work out a new loan so her growing family could stay in their Tampa home. ...more

November 28, 2008

Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum for the third time has sought a temporary closure of the new blackjack and baccarat tables at the Seminole Hard Rock Casino & Hotel in Tampa. ...more

November 24, 2008

Environmentalists determined to escalate the fight against climate change are delighted with President-elect Barack Obama's promise to make burning carbon more expensive. ...more

November 16, 2008

Republicans gathered last week to talk about what went wrong in the Nov. 4 election and how to fix it, and the two highest-profile leaders - Florida Gov. Charlie Crist and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin - offered sharply different recipes for a comeback. ...more

November 16, 2008