While much of the attention has been focused on Washington, D.C., the site of the Great Health Care Debate, there apparently has been a bit of hanky-panky going on in Tallahassee. We refer to Wafflegate. This miniscandal takes its name from e-mail messages state transportation officials were sending back and forth during the run-up to the Legislature's recent approval of a funding measure for a proposed Central Florida commuter rail project. The officials allegedly were using terms like "pancakes" and "waffles" in the subject line of the e-mails in an effort to disguise the real subject matter of the messages from nosy pests such as the news media and public interest groups. ...more

December 26, 2009

TORONTO (AP) — BlackBerry e-mail service in North America was restored for some users today morning following its second outage in less than a week. ...more

December 23, 2009

Crist responds to Rasmussen poll Gov. Charlie Crist responded Wednesday morning to questions about the latest Rasmussen poll, showing him in a 43-43 tie with Marco Rubio in the race for U.S. Senate. ...more

December 20, 2009

A dog that survived being thrown off the roof of a six-story Brooklyn building this summer has been euthanized, despite pleas from animal activists to spare her life. ...more

November 13, 2009

Intelligence agencies intercepted communications last year and this year between the military psychiatrist accused of shooting to death 13 people at Fort Hood, Texas, and a radical cleric in Yemen known for his incendiary anti-American teachings. ...more

November 10, 2009

The federal discrimination lawsuit against Without Walls International Church is part of an elaborate hoax by a former employee determined to disparage the ministry and its leaders, the church's attorney said Wednesday. ...more

October 22, 2009

Tampa International Airport patrons now can use a SunPass backed by credit card accounts at the economy parking garage and will be able to use SunPass at the main terminal garages June 9. ...more

April 10, 2009

The University of Memphis has given Kentucky permission to speak to coach John Calipari about the Wildcats' head coaching position. ...more

March 31, 2009

The question was direct and prescient. Rep. Joseph Crowley, D-N.Y., asked the Treasury secretary in an open hearing what could be done to stop American International Group from paying $165 million in bonuses to hundreds of employees in the very unit that nearly destroyed the company. ...more

March 21, 2009

Grandchildren are the elixir of life. Their voices on the phone and their e-mail messages are magical, transforming a rainy day into one of glorious sunshine. ...more

March 11, 2009