Dear Mr. HandyPerson, I read your column regularly and find many sensible solutions to problems. However, in your column on discouraging raccoons, you left out fox urine as a deterrent. ...more

March 22, 2009

$27.3 billion Amount of damages Chevron could pay if it loses the case 15 Number of years the case has been working its way through the courts ...more

February 9, 2009

For the second time since August, the Florida Department of Health has detected high levels of a cancer-causing chemical in a home near the Raytheon defense plant in St. Petersburg. ...more

November 12, 2008

For the second time since August, the Florida Department of Health has detected elevated levels of a cancer-causing chemical inside a home at the Brandywine Apartments near the Raytheon defense plant in St. Petersburg. ...more

November 10, 2008

In fairness to the Mexican working class, their borders are also open to foreign nationals from all over the world. Greedy corporations worldwide are promoting "open borders" for the purpose of cheap labor and to also violate tariff laws where applied. Example: The North American Free Trade Agreement "NAFTA." This trade agreement sharply lowered tariffs and investment barriers among the three countries: Mexico, Canada and the United States. It has also violated the sovereignty of all three nations, creating a North American Union. NAFTA has brought new business and investment to Mexico, but it destroys Mexican industries who cannot compete with the goods coming from the United States and Canada. ...more

February 18, 2008