Every presidential campaign has its hitches. For John McCain, they felt more like full-blown lurches last week, with nearly every step forward quickly offset by a misstatement or wisecrack that seemed to blow his message off course. ...more

July 13, 2008

FORT MYERS- Lee County authorities estimate more than 100 people were involved in a ruckus at a southwest Florida gas station. ...more

July 3, 2008

Teach your kids how to kick cigarettes superhero-style with DC Comics' newest Justice League comic, "No Smoke Without Fire." ...more

June 14, 2008

Dear Dad I've found the father I didn't know I had. As a child, I wanted a father who would just sit and talk awhile, one who would take time to listen to my thoughts. But my dad worked from sunup at his job, and then, when he'd get home, he'd do chores on our farm until after sunset. ...more

June 11, 2008

ARVADA, Colo. - Police are looking for two men they say covered their faces with women's thongs to rob a convenience store. Police released a surveillance video of the two men this week as they roamed inside a gas station during the robbery. ...more

June 1, 2008

Pete Bihorel, 57, Lutz Height: 5-foot-9 ...more

May 30, 2008

In regard to the recent editorials about the need to raise taxes on cigarettes being necessary to help pay medical expenses, as well as help deter adolescents from smoking I can only say, "Give me a break!" If people, especially politicians, really cared about the health of our young people as well as saving others from the diseases associated with smoking, they would stop tobacco companies from manufacturing their deadly product. But, because of all the money they get in payola from these despicable corporations, it will never happen. It is a proven fact that tobacco use kills, and that these tobacco companies actually add nicotine to the cigarettes to ensure addiction. But Congress does nothing, and people keep dying. ...more

February 24, 2008

I am one of the most optimistic people you will ever meet. My philosophy is "Treat every day as if it were your last; someday it will be," but please don't try to tell me the economy is fine. Many of us know better. ...more

February 17, 2008

State legislatures have for years had a habit of increasing "sin taxes" - mostly on liquor and tobacco - to raise revenue. This year will be no different. ...more

February 13, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG - A man already suspected in two bank robberies was arrested after a third Wednesday, and he was tracked down after he used $50 of the loot to buy cigarettes immediately after the crime, police say. ...more

February 7, 2008