The U.S. House has passed legislation authorizing the creation of a national catastrophe fund that would help ensure American families are able to rebuild and recover in the aftermath of massive natural disasters. ...more

November 16, 2007

Refrigeration units today begin cooling a new doomsday vault dug into an already frigid Arctic mountainside to protect the world's seeds in case of a global catastrophe. ...more

November 16, 2007

Experts say Nora Sandigo's bid to get the U.S. Supreme Court to stop deportation of illegal immigrants with U.S.-born children hasn't a prayer. Sandigo just nods. She has heard it all before. ...more

November 5, 2007

SARASOTA - A former Sarasota County employee claimed she was given the answers to a test that measured employees' ability to communicate in times of disaster. ...more

October 15, 2007

it has become an enduring habit that is not only engrained in our society, but in our household budgeting and decision-making processes as well. ...more

October 8, 2007

The doors and windows manufactured by PGT Industries in Venice are hurricane resistant. The company wants to make sure its computer system is just as impenetrable. ...more

October 7, 2007

Presidential candidate Fred Thompson's swing through Florida should alarm voters and worry supporters. ...more

September 20, 2007