NEW YORK (AP) — Of all the items set to go on the auction block this week at a midtown Manhattan hotel, there's one that would take some mettle to wear in public: A satin New York Mets baseball jacket emblazoned with the name "Madoff." ...more

November 9, 2009

Jailed financier Bernard Madoff's 55-foot luxury yacht and a smaller vessel have been seized by U.S Marshals in Florida. ...more

April 1, 2009

You may be being poisoned by your own drinking water, whether that water comes from a municipal source or your own private well. This shocking revelation came to me quite by chance and began when I asked the Highlands County Administrator Michael Wright if old, discontinued left-over prescription drugs could be brought to the Household Hazardous Waste and Electronics Waste Collection March 7. ...more

April 1, 2009

A grandfather is a special gift for those of us lucky enough to be blessed with one or two. ...more

October 4, 2008

This is no ordinary soup kitchen. For starters, it doesn't serve soup. ...more

June 14, 2008

Like their fellow East Bay High School classmates, Lee Yong Woo and Tomaz Gurgel Dall'Acqua are looking forward to their summer vacations. ...more

May 17, 2008

SEBRING — Don't be surprised if a neighbor is wearing a bike helmet the next time he hops on a riding mower to cut the grass. The Aging Advocacy Coalition sponsored the 23rd annual Elder Fair at Firemen's Field on Thursday and bike helmets were just some of many giveaways. About 60 exhibitors — including Florida Hospital Heartland Division which gave away almost 100 helmets — attracted about 700 seniors to the day-long event. ...more

January 25, 2008

I just have to write this, you see I have met "Rambling Norman A. Cukras" and his wife Ruth on a number of occasions. They are both super nice people. Although I have to admit my sympathies go out to Ruth whenever Norm and I get together, as you see we both just love to talk and we have to see who can top who in the telling tales department. Norm has told me so many things he has learned at the check out counter, Which Ruth has to add, "Maybe he could get something done if he would stay out of the stores." Then I have to see if I can top Norman with a tell I have learned about life, such as I don't call snowbirds snowbirds. I call them frogs... the way I see it they come to Florida to croak. ...more

January 19, 2008

In Boston, it is common among those of the Jewish faith to volunteer to work at the local hospital to give their Christian friends the day off. ...more

December 25, 2007

In Boston, it is common among those in the Jewish faith to volunteer to work at the local hospital to give their Christian friends the day off. ...more

December 24, 2007