Dan Werner scored 17 points, Alex Tyus added 16 points and 14 rebounds, and No. 19 Florida beat Warner 108-49, easily winning the first of two exhibition games. ...more

November 3, 2008

Florida's Public Service Commission is torn by conflicting goals. The appointed board is trying to keep electric rates as low as possible during a year of rising fuel costs, yet it also wants the utilities it regulates to begin switching to renewable sources of energy, which at this point is more expensive than coal and natural gas. ...more

November 1, 2008

University of Florida researchers received a $4 million federal contract to improve how the military distributes food to troops. ...more

October 23, 2008

After falling for more than a decade, the U.S. suicide rate has climbed steadily since 1999, driven by an alarming increase among middle-age adults, researchers said this week. ...more

October 22, 2008

Popping so many pills that you sometimes forget to take a medication? The drug companies think they have the answer: combination pills, which aim to treat several ailments in one medication. However, buyer beware: Analysts say the all-in-one movement generally comes with a higher price. ...more

October 21, 2008

The federal government has declared that the beluga whale in Alaska's Cook Inlet is endangered and will require additional protection to survive. ...more

October 17, 2008

Eileen Hart, who made headlines a decade ago for calling out the overpumping of groundwater, displayed moral courage again this week by returning the Moral Courage Award she won 12 years ago from the Hillsborough County Commission. ...more

October 4, 2008

Inhaler drugs used by millions of people with emphysema and bronchitis may slightly raise the risk for heart attacks and even death, a study suggests. ...more

September 24, 2008

Pasco County officials dedicated Lake Lisa Park, in the Port Richey area, Tuesday morning. ...more

September 23, 2008

The bank account Pasco County has used for years to underwrite neighborhood road paving projects is shrinking rapidly, a victim of higher oil prices, the county's chief financial officer said recently. ...more

September 7, 2008