Recently, I received a statement that forewarned me the yearly premium on my homeowner insurance policy would become due in July. At first, I thought it a little premature to send me the "renewal certificate," but the bottom line figure to cover the cost of repairs in the event of loss of property was something to be concerned about. ...more

June 11, 2008

Recently, I received a statement that forewarned me the yearly premium on my homeowner insurance policy would become due in July. ...more

June 10, 2008

Sit down with your family and make a plan for keeping safe during a storm. Here are some things you should think about: ...more

May 29, 2008

Sit down with your family and make a plan for keeping safe during a storm. Here are some things you should think about: ...more

May 23, 2008

Some uninsured Florida residents may be able to get health care coverage more easily under legislation signed Wednesday by Gov. Charlie Crist. ...more

May 22, 2008

Irvine Robbins, 90, co-founder of Baskin-Robbins whose penchant for creating unusual ice-cream flavors helped push post-World War II America far beyond its chocolate-vanilla-strawberry tastes, died Monday in Rancho Mirage, Calif. ...more

May 7, 2008

CSX Transportation's demand that Florida assume liability for any accidents on a proposed Orlando commuter line should be enough to scuttle the deal. ...more

February 19, 2008

The folks at Angie's List got our attention with this dramatically cautionary photo of a member's DIY project gone bad. (He shot himself with a nail gun during a basement remodel. Ouch.) ...more

January 26, 2008

Susan Toll couldn't believe it. She had been in well over a dozen Gasparilla Pirate Fest parades, as a member of the Krewe of Alegria and the Rough Riders, and had loved Gasparilla ever since she was a child in the 1950s, when the pirates threw blank bullets and candy. But this was something new and pretty cool. ...more

January 24, 2008

Bucs coach Jon Gruden doesn't regret resting a lot of his regulars the past two weeks. In fact, he regrets not resting more regulars, Cato June in particular. ...more

January 5, 2008