A planned federal hearing on penalties that cell phone users pay for canceling their contracts early may be expanded to include a discussion on similar fees for ending cable and Internet services ahead of schedule, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission said in an interview. ...more

June 1, 2008

A judge granted initial approval Friday to a settlement in which companies that manufactured or sold contaminated pet food would compensate pet owners for all costs related to the death or illness of their dogs and cats. ...more

May 31, 2008

Lightning bolts illuminated the dark skies over New Tampa, and thunder shook the foundation of the high school campus. It was one of those Florida afternoons that make it seem as if the universe is unleashing anger. ...more

May 30, 2008

93 TEACHER CONTRACTS NOT RENEWED TEACHER CONTRACTS ...more

May 24, 2008

City officials have agreed to pay $2.2 million to a man wrongfully convicted of six murders and a rape. ...more

May 11, 2008

Republican Sen. John McCain, campaigning through poverty-stricken cities and towns, said Wednesday he opposes a Senate bill that seeks equal pay for women because it would lead to more lawsuits. ...more

April 24, 2008

Only in the Blogosphere could an anonymous posting by a cranky Starbucks barista produce a debate over whether "skinny" is the newest politically incorrect word. ...more

February 24, 2008

Recently, Nancy Pelosi has put your life and my life at risk. How? By refusing yo renew the government's ability to monitor terrorists' communications overseas. At issue is the Protect America Act passed last August, which allows our intelligence agencies to monitor "foreigner to foreigner" communications without a warrant. For six months the Congress has been aware that this bill would be up for renewal. The Senate, by a bipartisian majority, passed legislation to prevent the authority from lapsing. However, the House Democratic leadership, led by Nancy Pelosi, refused to let the House vote on the bill. Why? Not because it lacked bipartisan support, but because it lacked trial lawyer support. The Senate bill contains a provision granting immunity from lawsuits to telephone compairs that have been cooperating with the government in the war on terror. To keep from puting her fellow Democrats in a position of making them vote publicly for the safety of us citizens or the trial lawyers, she left Washington for a vacation. ...more

February 23, 2008

News of two more complaints about incidents of abuse at Orient Road Jail emerged Wednesday. ...more

February 21, 2008

With a government eavesdropping law about to expire, Washington is awash in accusations over who's to blame. ...more

February 16, 2008