Three key players in the troubled world of Playboy model Anna Nicole Smith have been ordered to stand trial after a hearing that plumbed the drug-fueled depths of her final years and the alleged roles of her boyfriend and two doctors in feeding her addiction to prescription drugs. ...more

October 31, 2009

Alex Rodriguez says he's happy to put behind him a meeting with baseball officials about his use of steroids more than five years ago. ...more

March 3, 2009

three against district opponents - for use of an ineligible player. ...more

January 23, 2009

With no end in sight to economic bad news, President George W. Bush on Friday ensured that millions of laid-off workers will keep getting their unemployment checks as the year-end holidays approach. ...more

November 22, 2008

Christina Nelson is always positive. That's how Pam Hadesty describes the friend she has known for more than five years. ...more

November 12, 2008

Connor Bauer ran to a second-place finish and the Sebring boys and girls cross country teams qualified for regionals together for the first time in more than five years on Thursday at the Class 2A-District 5 meet at Lake Park. The Sebring boys finished sixth with 157 points, while the Blue Streak girls finished fifth with 144 points to send both teams to the Region 3 race on Nov. 14 at Estero Community Park. ...more

November 6, 2008

They have waited a little more than five years. And with the rebirth of women's pro soccer in this country not scheduled to launch until next spring, players like Heather Mitts and Emily Janss will have to hang on a little bit longer to once again have a full-time league of their own. ...more

November 4, 2008

My younger sister looked at me in horror when she heard about the demise of the bank IndyMac. ...more

November 2, 2008

Sales of new homes recorded an unexpected increase in September as median home prices dropped to the lowest level in four years, the Commerce Department reported Monday. ...more

October 28, 2008

Wall Street joined stock markets around the world in a huge sell-off Friday, sending major market indexes to their lowest levels in more than five years on the belief that a punishing economic recession is at hand. A grim outlook from electronics maker Sony helped trigger the selling, and another bleak forecast from the automaker Daimler added momentum to the drop. ...more

October 25, 2008