Zuriel Cabrera's beef with his cable TV company started shortly after he moved into Live Oak Preserve and learned he couldn't receive high-definition channels or use his brand-new TiVo. ...more

June 28, 2008

LIVE OAK PRESERVE - Zuriel Cabrera's beef with his cable TV company started shortly after he moved into Live Oak Preserve and learned he couldn't receive high-definition channels or use his brand-new TiVo. Last week, he took his issues to the Federal Communications Commission. Cabrera, who has been a vocal opponent of bulk contracts between cable companies and homeowners associations, flew to Washington, D.C., to meet with members of the FCC's media bureau and other commission staff. ...more

June 25, 2008

Barb Glisson of New Port Richey endorses ideas for change the nation's public policy offered by Alan Waishkey in letter to the editor. ...more

June 21, 2008

A Tampa-based company plans to open 10 more Five Guys Burgers and Fries locations in Hillsborough County in addition to more than 70 locations in Columbus, Ohio, and Houston over the next several years. ...more

June 18, 2008

Next week, a group of Pasco government, business and nonprofit leaders are slated to meet, at the invitation of state Sen. Mike Fasano. The New Port Richey Republican wants to talk about the homeless problem in the county. According to Fasano, the county could get its hands on $1 million in grant money - $850,000 from the federal government and $150,000 from that state - if it had a plan for combating homelessness. ...more

June 18, 2008

One momentous case down, another equally historic decision to go. The Supreme Court returns to the bench today with 17 cases still unresolved, including its first-ever comprehensive look at the Second Amendment's right to bear arms. ...more

June 16, 2008

Malfunctions on a state plane carrying Gov. Charlie Crist, three staffers and a Florida Department of Law Enforcement officer to Washington, D.C., on Tuesday afternoon prompted the two pilots to turn the craft around and return to Tallahassee. ...more

May 7, 2008

Regarding "Allstate Defends Rising Rates" (Business, Feb. 5): The recent hearings in Tallahassee to find out why we were lied to by "big insurance" remind me of the thousands of wasted hearings - at much cost to the taxpayers - in Washington, D.C. over the past 40 years: much ado about nothing because nothing is ever accomplished. These hearings are designed to provide cover for feckless legislators and regulators who never seem to ask the "right" questions. ...more

February 6, 2008

The inspiration for CrimeReports.com came a decade ago when Greg Whisenant made the mistake of letting a stranger, who turned out to be a burglar, into his apartment building in Arlington, Va. ...more

February 5, 2008

It is now out in the open. Steven Gabbard and Chuck Weidman can finally acknowledge to family members they are gay. They share an apartment with Weidman's mom, Glendajean Grieco, who is accepting of their relationship. But being gay has not always been so harmonious for the couple. ...more

January 15, 2008