The first tropical depression of the Pacific hurricane season dissipated Friday off the Mexican coast. ...more

June 19, 2009

There are laws against scattering someone's ashes any old place you want. That goes for Daytona International Speedway. So everybody turn their head: Ron Hornaday Jr. owes his dad. ...more

February 12, 2009

The Tampa Bay Rays and Ripken Baseball today announced that together they have purchased the team that plays in Vero Beach, FL. The team will be moved to Charlotte County and will play in Port Charlotte, FL starting in 2009. ...more

August 27, 2008

The Atlantic Basin should have normal or above normal hurricane activity this year, which means residents in vulnerable areas - like the Gulf Coast - should take measured precautions, meteorologists said. ...more

May 23, 2008

NOAA: LIKELIHOOD OF TWO TO FIVE MAJOR HURRICANES THIS YEAR ...more

May 22, 2008

Seaweed found at an inland settlement in Chile confirms that it is one of the oldest inhabited sites in the Americas and demonstrates that the villagers had extensive contact with a coastline that was 50 miles away, researchers said Friday. ...more

May 10, 2008

good news for the majestic coastal bird and the much-maligned law that saved it. ...more

February 21, 2008

Barack Obama defeated Hillary Rodham Clinton in Maine presidential caucuses Sunday, grabbing a majority of delegates as the state's Democrats turned out in heavy numbers for municipal gatherings. ...more

February 11, 2008

Residents began making their way through back streets and dirt roads Sunday afternoon into evacuated areas of this upscale community to see whether their homes survived a wind-driven wildfire that scorched surrounding brush-covered hills. ...more

November 26, 2007