About 200 knockoff designer handbags were spread out on a patch of grass at the University of Tampa on Thursday, and Ashley Zernich had her eye on one. ...more

September 26, 2008

President Bush on Wednesday warned Americans and lawmakers reluctant to pass a $700 billion financial rescue plan that failing to act fast risks wiping out retirement savings, rising foreclosures, lost jobs, closed businesses and even "a long and painful recession." ...more

September 25, 2008

WASHINGTON - With his financial rescue plan a tough sell on Capitol Hill, President Bush hopes a prime-time address Wednesday will convince regular Americans of its relevance and "get this over the goal line" with lawmakers. ...more

September 24, 2008

County would chip in about $250,000 toward project planned in 1992 ...more

September 9, 2008

George and Eleanor Marholin have done what they can to damp down the threat of a fire breaking out in their Florida ranch home in Dogwood Estates - and to be prepared if flames appear. ...more

September 9, 2008

Customers visiting Puppies From Heaven find it hard to resist the merchandise. ...more

September 3, 2008

It requires enough concrete to build a sidewalk from New York to Miami and enough pipe to reach the top of the Empire State Building 140 times over. Workers carved out enough dirt from the ground to fill more than 100,000 dump trucks. ...more

August 31, 2008

The United States has spent $6 billion to $10 billion for private security guards and related services in Iraq since the 2003 invasion, according to a congressional report released Tuesday. ...more

August 13, 2008

A gallon of unleaded gasoline: $10. Heating fuel: $9.10 a gallon. Electricity: $1.17 per kilowatt hour - 11 times the national average. ...more

August 7, 2008

A record number of companies is competing for the contract to build the new Highlands County Sheriff's Office building. ...more

August 1, 2008