Helen Wilson knows thrift. In the years after the Great Depression, she raised chickens and planted vegetables at her home in Alexandria, Va., to feed her children. ...more

December 25, 2009

Haul out the tacky glue - and the scrapbooking paper, wire cutters, paint pens. Maybe even duct tape. ...more

December 21, 2009

A local work force agency is changing its meal purchasing practices after a new directive from the state. ...more

December 18, 2009

Penny-pinching gift seekers stormed the stores before dawn on Black Friday, eager to get more bang for their beleaguered bucks. ...more

December 9, 2009

Nine-dollar-a-slice cheesecake at taxpayer expense angered local lawmakers and apparently isn't sitting too well with the state, either. ...more

November 27, 2009

Nine-dollar-a-slice cheesecake at taxpayer expense angered local lawmakers and it apparently isn't sitting too well with the state, either. ...more

November 25, 2009

At a time when Hulk Hogan's attorneys were paying close attention to the spending habits of estranged wife Linda Bollea, Linda Bollea went to her Tampa hairdresser's salon and asked that checks be cashed so Linda Bollea could buy drugs, the hairdresser testified this afternoon. ...more

June 15, 2009

The state's new Powerball game is cannibalizing other lottery games but boosting overall sales, funneling an additional $31.5 million to schools in just two months. ...more

February 25, 2009

If executives of Florida Sports Foundation want to play ball, then they better quit using state tax dollars for salaries and lavish spending, state Sen. Mike Fasano warns. ...more

February 25, 2009

After limping through a holiday season expected to be the worst in decades, the nation's stores made it to Christmas with little to celebrate. ...more

December 25, 2008