Indiana Jones had a good reason for crossing a dangerous, rickety swinging bridge across a deep chasm: Warriors from a bloodthirsty cult were chasing him. ...more

March 20, 2009

At least for the next year or so, nearly every household with an income below $500,000 is likely to get at least a tiny tax cut. ...more

February 15, 2009

Todd Haley was hired as coach of the Kansas City Chiefs on Friday after helping the Arizona Cardinals reach the Super Bowl as coordinator of one of the NFL's most exciting offenses. ...more

February 7, 2009

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - At first, Frank Jaffe thought he'd go to college out of state until he heard about Florida's Bright Futures scholarship. ...more

September 3, 2008

When Highlands County had an opening for a clerical assistant at Emergency Medical Services recently, at $9.29 per hour, on the low end of the pay range, 63 people applied. ...more

July 10, 2008

SEBRING - When Highlands County had an opening for a clerical assistant at Emergency Medical Services recently, at $9.29 per hour, on the low end of the pay range, 63 people applied. Seventy-five people applied for one opening in the county road and bridge department for a laborer's job. The pay scale for this job starts at $8.88 per hour and runs up to a maximum of $14.38 per hour. "We have had, it seems, a big increase in the number of job applicants since I've been here," said Don Kesterson, a county human resources specialist who took his job 18 months ago following a 20-year career in the Air Force. ...more

July 9, 2008

Don't look now, but the climb to the top of the Southeast Division has a few less rungs. ...more

February 8, 2008

Where a teenage girl sees herself on her school's social ladder may sway her future weight, a study of more than 4,000 girls finds. ...more

January 8, 2008

Your Dec. 19 editorial, "Dingfelder Plays Emotional Games with Necessary City Cutbacks," and a separate article in the Metro section, "City's Ax Aims At Minorities" prompt me to respond on several levels and issues. ...more

December 26, 2007

If you've been listening to Mike Huckabee or John Edwards on the presidential trail, you may have heard that the U.S. is becoming a nation of rising inequality and shrinking opportunity. We'd refer those campaigns to a new study of income mobility by the Treasury Department that exposes those claims as so much populist hokum. ...more

November 15, 2007