With NFL training camps opening up, the signing season is drawing to a close. Not familiar with it? That's the five-month period beginning in early March in which most players are signed to new contracts. As usual, the end will be characterized by a flurry of signings as rookies look to get their deals done in time for the start of camp workouts. With that in mind, we're going to take you inside the standard NFL contract. Just about everything you'd want to know - from how and when players are paid to the impact of an injury and a team's ability to restrict a player's outside activities - is covered. ...more

July 21, 2008

Dear Edith: Awhile back you had someone ask you about reverse mortgages. I lost the article; therefore, would you please let me know how to attempt the process of getting a reverse mortgage. I will be 62 on December 26 of this year. Does your credit standing have to be excellent or will a person with fair credit be acceptable? Also, right now I have a payment agreement with my mortgage company until a year from July. ...more

July 13, 2008

I have been trying to get the city of Sebring to correct our street signs for over a year. We are a street, and the year-old signs say we are an avenue. We are the only place around where an avenue crosses an avenue. I cannot get the city to get off their seats, but I recall the pictures of King Carl Cool in your paper with real street signs wasted at taxpayers' expense, saying "Carl Cool Avenue." What a crock! ...more

July 6, 2008

Kyle Willard always wanted a 1995 Honda Civic. For 14 months, while he served as an Army infantryman in Iraq, he told his wife to get him that car. ...more

July 4, 2008

Mexico threw open the doors to its judicial system Tuesday, allowing U.S.-style public trials and creating a presumption of innocence. ...more

June 18, 2008

I read Friday that City Pier Beach will be closed for at least a month to fill in the offshore dredge hole. The recent tragic drowning accident at this dredge hole has made this a notable priority. I never knew, and suspect many never knew of this hole. There is another 30-foot deep hole just south of the channel between Lake Jackson and Little Lake Jackson (on the Little Lake Jackson side.) ...more

June 16, 2008

DADE CITY -- With record gasoline prices, the county should discourage its workers from guzzling gas by idling cars for long periods of time, a Land O' Lakes man told the County Commission today. ...more

June 10, 2008

John Tortorella already feels the void. Less than 24 hours after being fired, the most successful coach in Lightning history expressed disappointment he won't be behind the Tampa Bay bench next season helping lead another turnaround. ...more

June 5, 2008

After 18 months of community meetings and petitions, the county has approved the construction of a 155-foot T-Mobile cell tower in the Countryway neighborhood. ...more

May 28, 2008

After 18 months of community meetings and petitions, the county has approved the construction of a 155-foot T-Mobile cell tower in the Countryway neighborhood. ...more

May 28, 2008