A landfill proposed south of Dade City would jeopardize the quality of water pumped to fill the Zephyrhills bottles sold in stores, the bottling company says. ...more

March 7, 2009

A landfill proposed south of Dade City would jeopardize the quality of water pumped to fill the Zephyrhills bottles sold in stores, the bottling company says. ...more

March 6, 2009

Our governor is staged to sign orders to execute five who are on death row. If he were to sign five each day, five days per week, in only about 17 weeks the backlog could be eliminated. There is a down side to this, however. There is perhaps one chance in a thousand that an innocent person would be executed. Absolutely nothing done by human beings is perfect, only degrees of perfection. ...more

July 17, 2008

TREASURE ISLAND - It's safe for members of roughly 30 households to drink their tap water this morning, two days after an underground water main break prompted a mandatory boil-water edict. ...more

February 7, 2008

TREASURE ISLAND - Members of roughly 30 households will have to boil their water for two days because a 16-inch underground water main broke early this morning, Pinellas County Utilities officials said. ...more

February 5, 2008

Ted Turner's men didn't flinch. As the price climbed past $8 million, $9 million, $9.5 million, they continued bidding at a rapid-fire pace. ...more

November 29, 2007

Don't be fooled. Just because it's called "water" and comes in a bottle doesn't mean it's "bottled water." Most fortified drinks are actually "water beverages." If you really want "bottled water," it must be "intended for human consumption and sealed in bottles or other containers with no added ingredients," except for antimicrobial agents and fluoride, according to the Food and Drug Administration, which regulates bottled water as a food. We know it's confusing. So here's what to look for if you want old-fashioned bottled water, according to the FDA: ...more

October 18, 2007