As countries around the world celebrate International Women's Day, the hunt is on in the U.S. Senate for 67 senators willing to vote for a global women's rights treaty. ...more

March 8, 2009

Florida's unemployment rate jumped to a 15-year high last month, rising to 7.3 percent, and the state's job losses are increasingly being felt outside of the hard-hit construction industry. ...more

December 20, 2008

Florida's unemployment rate jumped again last month, rising to 7.3 percent, and the state's job losses are increasingly being felt outside of the hard-hit construction industry. The number of unemployed Floridians rose to an estimated 680,000 in November, or 7.3 percent of the state's labor force of 9.3 million. The unemployment rate had been 7 percent in October, and it was just 4.4 percent in November 2007 on a seasonally adjusted basis. Florida's jobless rate is higher than the overall U.S. rate of 6.7 percent. ...more

December 19, 2008

Medicare wants doctors to write prescriptions electronically. ...more

December 15, 2008

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR The Democrat Party's philosophy appears to me to be one of converting our country from a capitalist or consumer economy to a socialist or communist economy. ...more

October 22, 2008

Steven Jackson signed a six-year, $44 million contract, ended a 27-day holdout, and was on the field for practice with the Rams on Thursday. ...more

August 22, 2008

U.S. Reps. Gus Bilirakis and Adam Putnam, who represent parts of Brandon, Valrico, Riverview, Lithia, Plant City and Seffner, hoped to vote to rescind the congressional ban on offshore oil drilling. The area Republicans will have to wait, however, until the House returns from its summer recess. ...more

August 20, 2008

Eighty-nine bucks is hardly a pittance to pay for a meal for two, but in the world of prime steakhouses and market-price seafood restaurants, it may qualify as a "value meal." ...more

July 25, 2008

Eighty-nine bucks is hardly a pittance to pay for a meal for two, but in the world of prime steakhouses and market-price seafood houses, it may qualify as a "value meal." Faced with a tough economy, some fine-dining establishments around the Bay area have begun offering discounted fare, either through summer-long specials or dining clubs with price breaks. Fleming's Prime Steakhouse and Wine Bar has a $99 filet-and-lobster combo for two, while Brazilian steakhouse Boizao has created an E-Club offering Internet specials. ...more

July 24, 2008

Diane and Paul Iaria met in 1984 when they joined a convoy of photographers hired to drive across the Northeast and set up temporary portrait studios inside department stores. ...more

June 18, 2008