In the classic Bill Murray military comedy "Stripes," Murray's character, John Winger, gets dumped by his girlfriend, who said she needs someone who will grow with her. "Talk about massive potential for growth!!" Winger, a committed and newly jobless slacker, shouts as the girlfriend walks out of his life for good. We flashed back to that scene when we read the comments John Hagen offered after being named the president of the Pasco Economic Development Council. ...more

November 25, 2009

Kellen Moore threw for 354 yards and three touchdowns, and No. 5 Boise State survived a brief scare on the road with a 45-35 victory over upstart Louisiana Tech on Friday night. ...more

November 7, 2009

Ingredients from your own pantry. ...more

October 26, 2009

Concerns worldwide about the dollar's slide have escalated to the point where currency markets are beginning to wonder when governments might try to do something about it. ...more

October 23, 2009

Police say they arrested a Sebring man for felony battery Friday after a 7-year-old girl alerted a librarian at the Sebring City Library that her mother and boyfriend were fighting. ...more

October 21, 2009

Hospitalized for minor leg injuries, 'zedonk' remains quarantined ...more

October 20, 2009

Surgeons have removed two blood clots from a teen who received a massive shock when he climbed a power pole while trying to photograph a sunset, a family spokesman said. ...more

October 6, 2009

Two days after attacking a 74-year-old Lakeland woman, a pack of potentially rabid raccoons remains on the loose. ...more

October 5, 2009

A family spokesman reported Saturday that Alexander "Avi" Davidson, the Tampa teenager electrified Thursday when he climbed a power pole to photograph the sunset, remains unconscious and is undergoing tests at Tampa General Hospital. ...more

October 4, 2009

A man has pleaded guilty to smuggling songbirds into Los Angeles from Vietnam by hiding them under his pants. ...more

September 29, 2009