Three family members have been indicted on federal charges alleging they used their businesses to bilk Medicare out of more than $5 million. ...more

July 31, 2009

Three family members have been indicted on federal charges alleging they used their businesses to bilk Medicare out of more than $5 million. ...more

July 30, 2009

Six weeks after becoming one of the youngest in the county to bowl a 300, 14-year-old Anthony Caso shot a county youth record 813. ...more

March 22, 2009

Now the Florida Gators know how the University of Tennessee football program feels. ...more

March 1, 2009

I've just lived through one of the most frustrating weeks of my life. It felt like I spent the entire seven days doing just one thing – waiting. I hate waiting. I waited for phone calls that never came, for mail that didn't arrive, and for a repairman who never showed. I waited in the doctor's office and the post office and the coffee shop. I waited in a checkout line so long I finally had to give up and go back to work without my0 lunch. On the job, it seemed every assignment I tackled could not be completed without waiting for someone else to do his part first, which, of course, he (or she) never did. I sent polite e-mail reminders, and waited some more. I made phone calls and was put on hold. Several times I waited till the phone grew permanently attached to my ear, only to be told he'd call me back. But he didn't. ...more

February 15, 2009

Observation of the bickering and machination these past four weeks on the issue of "bailing out" the auto industry should cause grave concern about the future of this country. The outrageous attacks on the CEOs, unions and employees certainly verify the mean-spirited, hard-nosed and imperialistic image of the Republican Party. It is now crystal-clear that cheap labor and poverty wages are the core of "conservative" policy. ...more

December 24, 2008

"Scarpetta" by Patricia Cornwell (G.P. Putnam's Sons, $28) ...more

December 14, 2008

I read with some concern the guest column by Steve Chapman titled "Ban on Gay Adoption Only Hurts Kids," published in Highlands Today on Dec. 2. ...more

December 8, 2008

As a Solomon-esque display of even-handedness, a pursed-lipped clutch of Democratic National Committee clipboards have managed to split a very, very ugly baby. ...more

June 3, 2008

Attorneys for Lincare Inc. on Thursday asked a federal judge to throw out a lawsuit alleging Medicare fraud that a Plant City businessman filed on behalf of taxpayers. The company's attorneys argued that the whistleblower hasn't backed up the allegations. ...more

November 2, 2007