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Pearl Harbor Survivor 'Gene' Hays Dies At 89 In Pasco
Otho Eugene Hays' grandson described him as a "tough old bird." ...more
January 8, 2009
Residents' Troubles Show A Need For Health Care Reform
A group of Brandon and Valrico residents met Dec. 20 at the Bloomingdale Regional Library for a public meeting to discuss health care reform. ...more
January 7, 2009
Six Girls Who Earned Keep
In the Great Depression, a family with no electricity, no running water, no money and no jobs had six girls. They helped raise chickens and hogs and grew vegetables. They built a smoke house to cure the hams. The family had fresh chickens, eggs, meat and vegetables. ...more
December 27, 2008
A Bold Stimulus
When New York Gov. Franklin Delano Roosevelt delivered a commencement address at Oglethorpe University in May 1932, the economic crisis that had befallen the United States three years earlier had already morphed into the Great Depression: One in four Americans was out of work, banks were failing at a rate of 10 per week and the gross national product was at half its pre-crash level. ...more
December 27, 2008
Economy Declines 0.5% In 3rd Quarter
As the longest recession in a quarter century intensifies, analysts think the small decline in economic activity in the third quarter has worsened significantly in the current fourth quarter. ...more
December 24, 2008
InTown Homes Keeps Building
In the midst of the greatest housing downturn since the Great Depression, Tampa Bay area builders struggle to unload finished homes. Several have gone out of business. ...more
December 24, 2008
Home Prices Fall To 2004 Level
Sales prices for Tampa Bay area homes continued to plummet last month as buyers recoiled from October's financial wreckage on Wall Street. ...more
December 24, 2008
InTown Homes Keeps Building
In the midst of the greatest housing downturn since the Great Depression, Tampa Bay builders struggle to unload finished homes. Several have gone out of business. ...more
December 23, 2008
Bay Area Home Prices Continue Downward Spiral
Prices for Bay area homes continued to plummet in November as buyers recoiled from October's financial wreckage on Wall Street. ...more
December 23, 2008
Even In Holiday Cards, A Message Of Tough Times
NEW YORK (AP) - This season's greeting: Try to have a happy holiday. Glum economic tidings are reshaping the more than century-old tradition - and big business - of sending holiday cards. ...more
December 21, 2008
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