Members of AIG's financial-products unit should take heart. Yes, Obama administration pay czar Kenneth Feinberg is coming down on them with the awesome power of his czardom, dictating that their pay not exceed $200,000 a year. ...more

October 28, 2009

House fire kills dog ...more

April 26, 2009

Mike Higgins brings the hose to his mouth and inhales one deep puff. He blows out, and a cloud of watermelon-flavored smoke floats, then dissipates above him. He leans back against the plush red couch, putting his feet on the edge of the coffee table where his hookah is gurgling. ...more

February 28, 2009

SEBRING — Although flames reached 10 to 15 feet and embers flew up to 100 yards Tuesday afternoon, firefighters kept a brush fire from causing major damage near Hammock Road. Two homes had minor soffit damage and cracked glass from the heat, and one car was destroyed between Heron and Barn Owl streets and Scrub Jay and Cardinal avenues. The fire, which burned five acres, was fully contained late Tuesday afternoon, according to Florida Division of Forestry Senior Forester Dale Armstrong. ...more

May 27, 2008

LAKE PLACID — A Division of Forestry crew was contemplating setting a backfire on Tuesday morning to burn out brush that could cause future blazes. ...more

February 12, 2008

SEBRING — An overnight fire destroyed Park Place Truss, located at 454 Park St. in downtown Sebring. ...more

January 17, 2008

It was the most intense fire ever recorded in the Black Hills National Forest, but nearly all homes coated with a slimy gel were saved while dozens of houses nearby burned to the ground. ...more

October 13, 2007

Hillsborough County firefighters doused a truck fire at the Stone Creek Pointe condominium project early Monday and left. They had to return an hour later, though, to fight a much larger blaze, one that destroyed two condos, damaged four others and possibly was sparked by the original fire. ...more

October 9, 2007

TAMPA - Hillsborough County firefighters doused a truck fire at the Stone Creek Pointe condominium project early this morning and left. But they had to return an hour later to fight a much larger blaze - one that destroyed two units and damaged four others -- that may have been sparked by the original fire. ...more

October 8, 2007

Members of Congress need to guard against political grandstanding, but they are right to investigate a private security firm accused of opening fire on innocent Iraqis last month and committing other misdeeds. ...more

October 5, 2007