Pressure is mounting on the government to revise its bailout of AIG to ensure that taxpayers are repaid as much as possible of the $170 billion lent to the troubled insurer. ...more

March 17, 2009

Is the Republican Party racist? Are you a cretin if you carry your dog in the back of a truck? Does the fashion trend that calls for young men to wear pants four sizes too big signal the end of the civilized world? You can explore these and plenty of other topics on Thinking Out Loud, the Tribune editorial department's blog. ...more

March 1, 2009

Forget, for a moment, the blizzard of grim economic indicators and the suicides of billionaire Adolf Merckle and money manager Thierry Magon de La Villehuchet. ...more

January 18, 2009

PLANT CITY The Tampa musical duo Juniper will entertain at a Jan. 15 meeting of the Friends of Bruton Memorial Library. ...more

December 18, 2008

Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich briefly lived in Tampa while attending college. He enrolled at the University of Tampa in 1975, following his older brother Rob, who was already a student. ...more

December 10, 2008

Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich briefly lived in Tampa while attending college. He enrolled at the University of Tampa in 1975, following his older brother Rob, who was already a student. ...more

December 9, 2008

A new generation of artificial ankles, designed to work more like the joint you're born with, has specialists hoping they will offer less pain and more function to thousands who hobble - although it's too soon to be sure. ...more

November 18, 2008

Months before a financial implosion shook shoppers straight to their checkbooks, Saks executives realized a problem might be brewing with their holiday lineup. ...more

October 18, 2008

When Deb Freitag applied for a credit card so she could replace her roof, her leaky refrigerator and her old dishwasher, she was offered a $1,000 line of credit, not the $5,000 she needed. ...more

September 27, 2008

When Albert Pagliuca got gallstones, his surgeon offered to remove his gallbladder with a new operation designed to hurt less, get him back to work more quickly and leave no visible scars. ...more

September 24, 2008