Three freshman Tennessee football players are charged with an attempted armed robbery. Knoxville police say wide receiver Nu'Keese Richardson and defensive backs Janzen Jackson and Mike Edwards were arrested after the incident early Thursday. ...more

November 12, 2009

Toyota Motor Corp. has unveiled a more expensive and bigger hybrid-only model than its hit Prius, underlining the Japanese automaker's ambitions to make green technology more widespread. ...more

October 21, 2009

On Feb. 28 my wife was involved in a head-on collision. Both cars were mid-size American-made sedans, both of which average around 21 mpg. Each car was a total loss. ...more

May 28, 2009

Joe Balfour of Lutz has spent a lifetime buying collectibles and antiques. Little did he know his love of old-fashioned bread boxes and butter churns would one day help put food on the table. ...more

March 25, 2009

Nadel's Asset Request Denied A federal judge has denied Florida hedge fund manager Arthur Nadel's request for a hearing to consider releasing some of his frozen assets to pay attorney fees. ...more

March 11, 2009

A Toyota Prius is not a limousine, according to a panel of federal judges. In a decision affirming a lower court ruling, the Atlanta-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit brought by Pinellas County limo company owner Moshe Leib after Hillsborough regulators said it was a stretch calling the gas-stingy Prius a limousine. ...more

February 21, 2009

A Toyota Prius is not a limousine, according to a panel of federal judges. In a decision affirming a lower court ruling, the U.S. Court of Appeals on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit brought by Pinellas County limo company owner Moshe Leib after Hillsborough regulators said it was a stretch calling the gas-stingy Prius a limousine. ...more

February 20, 2009

Toyota Motor Corp. on Monday unveiled the highly anticipated 2010 Prius that gets an average of 50 miles to the gallon. That's a 4 mpg improvement over the current model, which already is the most fuel-efficient vehicle ranked by the Environmental Protection Agency. ...more

January 13, 2009

Prius drivers are not suffering any buyer's remorse, despite a plunge in gasoline prices that has for the moment made the cars less economical, said some owners of the popular hybrid. ...more

January 5, 2009

Toyota Motor Corp. slashed its earnings forecast again Monday, projecting that it would report its first operating loss ever for the fiscal year through March on waning global demand and a surging yen. ...more

December 22, 2008