A downgrade of bond insurer Ambac Financial Group Inc. is likely to have far-reaching effects, making it more difficult for cities to issue new bonds and forcing further write-downs at financial services companies, analysts said Friday. ...more

January 19, 2008

Shane Rupple thinks the justice system has failed his daughter. Just five months ago, 16-year-old Victoria Rupple pleaded guilty to trying to drown her younger brother in the bathtub during a game of "cops and robbers." She was sentenced to a minimum of nine months in a residential treatment program and five years of probation. ...more

January 16, 2008

Mr. Gulledge had his facts wrong as several letter writers pointed out. Not to gang up on him, but he also offered an opinion that he may wish to reconsider. He opined that Oprah Winfrey endorsed Sen. Obama because both are black. With that line of thinking, her endorsement of Sen. Clinton, likely her second choice, would have been because both are women. ...more

January 1, 2008

Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke on Thursday hinted that another interest rate cut may be needed to bolster the economy. The worsening credit crunch, a deepening housing slump and rising energy prices probably will create some "headwinds for the consumer in the months ahead," he said. ...more

November 30, 2007

City council members will seek to replace the private consulting firm that has been advising them on a multimillion-dollar dredging project. ...more

October 11, 2007

The collapse is complete. When the New York Mets needed a big game, Tom Glavine pitched one of his worst. ...more

October 1, 2007

The New York Mets' lead in the NL East is gone. They might not even be in playoffs at all if they can't snap out of their near historic funk. ...more

September 28, 2007

Pasco County hasn't had a good old Sheriff's Office budget battle in a number of years. ...more

September 10, 2007