Christmas' effect on pocketbooks can be enough to reduce the good cheer. Like many wholesome traditions, people have found a way to slap a price sticker on the holidays. Every winter celebration will share the common thread, not of purporting religious and cultural motifs, not even of spending extra time with the people we're stuck with. The running trend weaving around Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and Winter Solstice is the price tag. ...more

December 9, 2009

The long-awaited restoration and painting of Beach Park's 1920s-era gateway arches, a joint project by the city and the community's homeowners, soon will begin. ...more

November 25, 2009

Jon Gruden is suddenly on the NFL's open market, altering coaching landscapes from Dallas to Buffalo. ...more

January 17, 2009

Free gas anyone? A growing number of businesses are asking that question in hopes of snagging more customers in an economy hammered by skyrocketing fuel prices. ...more

July 9, 2008

Reid Sigmon, executive director of the Tampa Bay Super Bowl Host Committee, will address the Ybor City Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday at the Columbia Restaurant, 2117 E. Seventh Ave. ...more

May 8, 2008

TOWN 'N COUNTRY - The Town 'N Country Park Homeowners Civic Association has been putting out newsletters, in one form or another, for the past 40 years. ...more

February 6, 2008

At the world's largest trade show for consumer electronics, starting Monday in Las Vegas, manufacturers will be talking not just about megapixels, megahertz and megabytes, but about smart power adapters that don't waste as much electricity, batteries that are easier to recycle, and components made from plants. ...more

January 4, 2008

Consumer electronics aren't exactly easy on the environment. They consume electricity that contributes to global warming, and toxins leach out of them when they end up in landfills. ...more

January 4, 2008

Saying it went too far in its pursuit of profit, the popular Internet hangout Facebook Inc. is allowing its 55 million users to permanently turn off a new marketing tool that tracks their activities at other Web sites. ...more

December 6, 2007