When (oh when!) will the people and government of the United States learn the basic facts of personal and national economic life? ...more

March 30, 2009

CLEARWATER -- Prosecutors have dropped a drunken driving charge against a man afflicted with muscular dystrophy after the man's urine test came back negative for any illegal substances. Michael Loui, 48, of St. Petersburg, was arrested by a St. Petersburg police officer on March 4. The Pinellas-Pasco State Attorney's Office dismissed the charge Wednesday. ...more

May 22, 2008

Administrators think the effectiveness of a Seminole High School teacher "has been diminished" after an investigation revealed he picked up a 17-year-old boy at a bar and took him to his apartment for sex, Pinellas County school documents show. Now, Superintendent Clayton Wilcox wants Gerald DiPanfilo fired. ...more

February 8, 2008

LARGO - School administrators think the effectiveness of a Seminole High School teacher "has been diminished" after an investigation revealed he picked up a 17-year-old boy at a bar and took him back to his apartment for sex, Pinellas school documents show. ...more

February 7, 2008

The Hershey Co. is halting production of Ice Breakers Pacs in response to criticism that the mints look too much like illegal street drugs, the company's president and chief executive officer said Thursday. ...more

January 25, 2008

The saying goes among law enforcement officers that New Year's Eve is "amateur night" for the drunks on the road. ...more

December 29, 2007

Perfectionist teenage girls aren't the only ones who loathe their reflections in the mirror. ...more

September 29, 2007