Don't panic. That advice could probably serve as a stand-in for "hello" at many brokerages these days. With Wall Street stumbling - particularly since the beginning of the year - uneasy investors are calling on financial advisers with an urgency not seen since the start of the decade. ...more

January 23, 2008

What Happened Monday While U.S. markets were closed for the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, the world's other major economies went into tailspins. Stocks lost value in 42 of the 43 nations with widely followed markets - the only exception was Sri Lanka. A German index fell the most since the Sept. 11 attacks. An index in India had the second-worst decline in its history. ...more

January 22, 2008

The nation's intelligence chief says waterboarding "would be torture" if used against him or if someone under interrogation was taking water into his lungs. ...more

January 13, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - Lori Brenneise said she feels safe walking alone down the worst streets in Aleppo, Syria. ...more

January 13, 2008

Fed chairman Ben Bernanke borrowed a page from Alan Greenspan's crisis playbook when he promised emphatically to cut interest rates further if the weak economy needs the help. ...more

January 11, 2008

Residents soon may get the chance to tell the county commission just how they want their tax dollars spent. ...more

January 5, 2008

TOWN 'N COUNTRY - Jennifer Oswald's plan to serve her neighborhood as part of the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Volunteer Citizen Patrol will have to wait. ...more

January 3, 2008

Gwendolyn Tose'-Rigell, the principal of the school where President Bush was when he learned of the Sept. 11 attacks, has died, school officials said Thursday. She was 56. ...more

December 28, 2007