There were several friends who commented somewhat favorable about last week's column regarding our country's financial state and what I surmised was causing the problem. One fellow found an error and wrote me an e-mail on the story about a couple who could not pronounce the name of the town they were in and asked the employee of a Burger King to pronounce the name of where they were very slowly Burrrrrr, gerrrrrr, Kiiiing. ...more

April 2, 2009

Cincinnati Reds shortstop Alex Gonzalez is hurt again. ...more

March 23, 2009

The number of Florida banks at risk of folding has more than doubled in the past few months, according to a Coral Gables rating agency. ...more

March 18, 2009

Late-night TV comics won't run out of fresh material for the next few weeks. ...more

January 29, 2009

MIDDLE SCHOOL GIRLS BASKETBALL A pair of fourth-quarter power outages permits visiting Fox Chapel's varsity and junior varsity squads to sweep host West Hernando and remain in first place. ...more

November 14, 2008

Fifty is the new zero for Collier County elementary school students. ...more

November 9, 2008

7:48 a.m.: U.S. Army Sgt. Crosby Lee, 24, had two issues at the booth today at the Jan Platt Regional Library in South Tampa. He didn't bring anything with a signature on it to vote, so he had to vote provisionally, he says. And when they looked him up in the voter records, his address came back incorrectly. ...more

November 4, 2008

So you're new to baseball and looking to follow the World Series? Here's an explanation of some terms you might hear. ...more

October 22, 2008

Let the race for the ace begin. But don't think a truck full of money will be the top factor in where CC Sabathia decides to sign. ...more

October 6, 2008

Derrick Brooks thought he had witnessed it all during his glorious 13-year NFL career. ...more

August 11, 2008