Pastry chefs across the world are dipping their charcuterie into intoxicating chocolate. ...more

October 28, 2009

One of the leading controversies on the Sunday TV talk shows was the appropriateness of the government imposing limits on the executive compensation packages of those corporations which have been bailed out with tax funds. A moment's reflection on the fact that the taxpayer now stands in the place of the stockholder as the owner of these companies should be a sufficient justification for these limits. Stockholders, as the owners of a corporation, originally set the compensation of its officers and employees, but over the years, the officers and boards of directors, through a series of strategies, wrested control from the stockholders and, treating the companies as their own, set their own compensations without regard for the wishes of the true owners, the stockholders. Their view? If you don't like it, sell you stock. A board room "coup de corps!" ...more

October 27, 2009

CHICAGO (AP) — Cell phone footage showing a group of teens viciously kicking and striking a 16-year-old honors student with splintered railroad ties has ramped up pressure on Chicago officials to address chronic violence that has led to dozens of deaths of city teens each year. ...more

September 28, 2009

A lovely spinach salad. ...more

August 7, 2009

Do you generally like bacon on your hot dog? Or pancake syrup with your sweet potato fries? ...more

February 5, 2009

Two very responsible adults and an I-don't-care chair inhabit my house. The adults bring home the bacon, clean, cook and pay bills, while the chair controls the peace, calm and energy of its fellow occupants. ...more

January 28, 2009

1:15 p.m.: "I felt good, I felt happy," said 50-year-old Tampa native Susan Staten, who voted shortly after 1 p.m. today at the Ragan Park Community Center in East Tampa. "We're ready for a change." ...more

November 4, 2008

Wendy's customers will see new options on the company's Frosty and burger-heavy menu as the chain tries to draw more attention to the quality of its food, the new chief executive said Monday after it was formally taken over by the owner of Arby's. ...more

September 30, 2008

A veterinarian had been called to examine a 10-year-old Irish wolfhound named Belker. The dog's owners, Ron, his wife, Lisa, and their little boy, Shane, were all very attached to Belker, and they were hoping for a miracle. ...more

February 21, 2008

Kenneth Page ...more

February 7, 2008