For the first time in history, Congress will not allow an increase in the Social Security COLA (cost of living adjustment.) ...more

November 4, 2009

I took my family to Terror Trail at the Humane Society. I cannot say enough good things about it; it was above and beyond my expectations. Can't think of anything else you could do for $7 and be that entertained. As we waited in line and heard all the screams, my adrenaline began to rise. By the time I entered "The Bus," I thought my heart was going to jump out of my chest. I almost turned around but decided to put my heart back in my chest and walk forward. ...more

November 2, 2009

It became clear in the fifth and deciding game of Thursday's Class 5A-District 8 final against Newsome that Armwood outside hitter Emilee Taylor wasn't going to let her team lose. ...more

October 30, 2009

Saddlebrook's Riehle wins 1A-9 girls title LAND O' LAKES - With just four players at the Class 1A-District 9 girls golf tournament Monday at Plantation Palms, the results were as expected. ...more

October 20, 2009

The singer who played the role of Johnny Fontane in "The Godfather" has died at his childhood home in suburban Philadelphia. ...more

October 13, 2009

An autopsy report obtained by The Associated Press shows Michael Jackson was not the sickly skeleton of a man portrayed by tabloids. ...more

October 1, 2009

In celebration of its 125th anniversary, the American Kennel Club has teamed with AOL's PawNation.com to let Internet users choose the 125 Top Dogs in Pop Culture. ...more

September 30, 2009

10. Heard the lady with the heart-shaped potato was going to be here. 9. Thought it would be fun to watch someone else get heckled. ...more

September 23, 2009

Three people, including a 17-year-old who was five months pregnant and her 11-month-old daughter, were killed when the car they were in was struck on a rural stretch of U.S. 27 in Davenport on Tuesday evening. The unborn child also did not survive, the Polk County Sheriff's Office said. The driver of the car, William Coe, 21, of Haines City, is in Lakeland Regional Medical Center in stable condition. No one in the car was wearing a seat belt or restrained, the sheriff's office said. ...more

September 16, 2009

After gleefully jumping out of bed at 6 a.m. to begin fall classes at the University of South Florida, I was bombarded more with professors discussing swine flu than class objectives. ...more

August 28, 2009