Gil Gott has announced he is retiring from his management position with Florida Tree Source Inc., but will continue his other pursuits, including as executive director of Plant City Photo Archives. ...more

June 13, 2008

You don't have a say in setting gas prices. You certainly can't force the real estate market to bounce back. And you cannot control a flagging stock market. ...more

May 18, 2008

TAMPA Hillsborough County Judge Thomas P. Barber has gotten the nod to jump up to the circuit court bench. Barber, who handles misdemeanor criminal cases, will fill the seat left vacant on Feb. 1 when Circuit Judge Monica Sierra resigned to continue as a volunteer for a humanitarian organization in Israel's West Bank. Sierra sat on the family court bench handling juvenile dependency issues. Gov. Charlie Crist's appointment of Barber was announced Tuesday. ...more

May 7, 2008

Erik Youngdahl and Michelle Garcia share a dorm room at Connecticut's Wesleyan University. But they say there's no funny business going on. Really. They mean it. ...more

May 4, 2008

Call it the ultimate power walk. Researchers have developed a device that generates electrical power from the swing of a walking person's knee. ...more

February 7, 2008

Nursing homes, notorious places for voter fraud, need greater guidance on how to help residents vote, senators and voter advocates said Thursday. ...more

February 1, 2008

It doesn't take a business degree from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania to determine why proprietors of bowling centers want bowlers to bowl better. ...more

January 8, 2008

A telephone call at midnight normally would have awoken Bill Whiting, but he hadn't been sleeping much since his dog disappeared. He picked up the phone and couldn't believe what he heard. ...more

January 5, 2008

The weakening dollar has caused many problems for consumers, but it may also be providing the fuel for one unintended - and very welcome - benefit: a rally in the struggling housing market driven by foreign investors. ...more

November 10, 2007

The lone Democrat in the White House did not have an easy time as the president's 'faith czar,' back in 2001. John DiIulio was appalled by the lack of a serious 'policy apparatus.' He later complained that the White House was run by 'Mayberry Machiavellis' who sacrificed everything for political gain. He quit after only seven months. ...more

October 23, 2007