The third Conversations & Cocktails event, designed as a networking and social activity for professional women 25 to 35, will be Aug. 6 at Nordstrom's at International Plaza. ...more

July 23, 2008

Where will you be in five years? Many claim the American dream has died. Earnings have supposedly stagnated, even while corporate profits boom and health coverage disappears. Most Americans believe the economy is in a recession. Pick up any newspaper, and it seems the days when most Americans could work hard and expect to get ahead are over. ...more

July 15, 2008

Bob Clark flies nearly 200 times a year, so you might expect that he has airport security figured out. But even he sometimes gets frustrated when facing ever-more-stringent checkpoint requirements. ...more

July 8, 2008

Although airport terminals have had security for decades, since Sept. 11 restrictions have tightened in response to each successive terrorist threat, from the Shoe Bomber to the liquid explosives plot of two years ago. Entrepreneurs have responded to each change by offering products tailored to new specifications. ...more

July 7, 2008

SEBRING – School District Transportation Director David Solomon plans to pamper the nine new school buses being readied to go into service in August because with a statewide education budget crisis he's slated to only get three new ones next year. The 77-passenger school buses, costing about $99,000 a piece, were purchased within the 2007-08 budget. ...more

July 2, 2008

A former Hillsborough County detention deputy who was seen on video dumping a quadriplegic man from his wheelchair has entered a pretrial intervention program today that will result in charges against her being dropped. ...more

June 30, 2008

Tuesday night marked the third time in about five weeks a Rays trainer has come to the mound to check on closer Troy Percival in the middle of a save situation. ...more

June 26, 2008

The Fourth of July is by far our favorite summertime holiday. We may not be wearing red, white and blue bobby socks on a daily basis, or even flying the American flag from our porch, but we are very patriotic. ...more

June 24, 2008

SEBRING –– Championships have become a habit for Sebring's Chuck Detore. As member of the Florida Storm, Detore won his sixth International Senior Softball Association (ISSA) world championship in seven years recently and is going for yet another world championship later this summer. "It's really good to get a chance to play with and against the best players in the country," Detore said. "The competition is what we're all out there for. We want to play against the best. "To win, you have to compete against teams from all over the country. The tournaments are really intense and we don't hold anything back. We're all there for one thing in mind and that's to win." The Storm were the tops out of 40 teams at the championships and they recently won another world qualifier in the Amateur Softball Association (ASA). They'll compete for the world championship in the 55-over division in Burlington, NC beginning Aug. 29. ...more

June 23, 2008

Contrary to popular belief, American ingenuity is alive and well, especially in the technology industry and specifically in rehabilitation technology. I am fortunate to see it on a daily basis. ...more

June 22, 2008