After 24 years with State Farm, Brenda Harding is being dropped by the company she's come to trust like an old friend. ...more

July 24, 2008

It took 98 pitches last Sunday for James Shields to assemble the best game of his major-league career, a two-hit shutout of the Red Sox at Tropicana Field. ...more

May 4, 2008

Republican U.S. Sen. Mel Martinez of Florida is in a position to help move along a bill that could lower property insurance rates in disaster-prone states, but hasn't been aggressive enough in doing so, said the two Democratic House members sponsoring the legislation. ...more

April 15, 2008

By 2017, consumers and taxpayers will spend more than $4 trillion on health care, accounting for $1 of every $5 spent, the federal government projects. ...more

February 26, 2008

Verizon Wireless introduced an unlimited calling plan for $99.99 a month Tuesday, a move quickly matched by AT&T Mobility and T-Mobile USA for a sequence that weighed down stock prices for all U.S. mobile carriers. ...more

February 20, 2008

Whew! Ain't I the lucky one! I figure there's a whopping $240 savings on my typical, average home value now that Amendment 1 is said and done. And yet, I'll still have an end-of-the-year tax bill that's three times that of my neighbors. ...more

February 3, 2008

I was pleasantly surprised to see the editorial flying in the face of the main Tribune recommendation to defeat issue 1. It's good to see independent thinkers on the same issue who are not stymied by the big bosses in their own company. ...more

January 25, 2008

TAMPA - Forestry crews are continuing the difficult job of extinguishing smoking hot spots from a fire in Polk County that still could force the closing of Interstate 4. ...more

January 16, 2008

Florida DE Derrick Harvey could only laugh when he learned Tuesday that someone is spreading rumors on Internet message boards that he is academically ineligible to play in the Capital One Bowl on Jan. 1. Harvey is extremely eligible, he said. ...more

December 12, 2007

Derek Anderson, Jamal Lewis and the Cleveland Browns passed their toughest test to date. ...more

November 5, 2007