Gas prices are rising in Florida, following the path of crude oil prices upward during the past month. ...more

October 27, 2009

Put down that cheeseburger and listen up: If food has become what sex was a generation ago - the intimidatingly intelligent Mary Eberstadt says it has - then a cheeseburger is akin to adultery, or worse. ...more

February 28, 2009

WASHINGTON - Recession-battered employers eliminated 598,000 jobs in January, the most since the end of 1974, and catapulted the unemployment rate to 7.6 percent. The grim figures were further proof that the nation's job climate is deteriorating at an alarming clip with no end in sight. ...more

February 6, 2009

Anglers have been struggling to locate fish strikes, especially the bass variety. ...more

January 28, 2009

Business sales have been every bit as slow as the housing market. Given the current climate, it seemed the shopping center space formerly known as Ram's Restaurant would stay vacant for months. ...more

December 29, 2008

Daily Fishing Report ...more

December 23, 2008

We enter the week of this month's new moon, which happens on Thursday at 4:55 p.m. and means good news for the early morning anglers. ...more

November 23, 2008

GO FISHING is a look at the area fishing scene through the eyes of local charter boat captains and fishing guides. Today: Ray Markham. ...more

November 16, 2008

Whatever else may be fairly said of the instant Main Street that intersected with the central Pasco County-New Tampa retailing scene last month, this, at least, defies refutation: ...more

November 14, 2008

Consumers' appetites for home furnishings dropped again in August, with orders tumbling 16 percent to $1.68 billion - the fourth double-digit decline in six months. ...more

November 7, 2008