The new look Lightning fans were promised during the summer never materialized. And in a season filled with new-look lows, Saturday's 9-3 beat-down at the hands of the Hurricanes looked like another new low. ...more

March 8, 2009

Despairing investors keep unloading stocks, and there are no signs that the selling will end anytime soon. ...more

February 21, 2009

Before it came time to turn the page Sunday afternoon, the Rays took one last look back. ...more

February 16, 2009

The Lake Placid girls basketball team faced an uphill battle against Melbourne Central Catholic in Thursday night's Class 3A regional quarterfinals ...more

February 14, 2009

Brian Pattie didn't want to chat inside the hauler, away from the garage noise. ...more

February 10, 2009

So it's finally time to put 2008 to rest. This was not an easy year by any stretch of the imagination. The economy is limping into 2009 barely hanging on; many people have lost their jobs; area businesses have folded; foreclosures are coming in record numbers. ...more

December 31, 2008

Consumer confidence hit an all-time low in December, dropping in the face of layoffs and deteriorating markets for housing, stocks and other investments. ...more

December 31, 2008

Our biggest impediment to the free market is the government. They either over control or overlook responsibilities established by themselves. Their inefficient means of conducting business is sending us citizens into debt slavery while they bale out their Bubbas and leave us for shark bait. ...more

December 18, 2008

Tampa Bay has a 6-3 record, but nobody on the Bucs' defensive line is happy about their failure to grab quarterbacks. ...more

November 14, 2008

You think you know a guy, and then he goes and puts out an album like "Amplified." Q-Tip's 1999 solo debut, released on the heels of A Tribe Called Quest's breakup, had the MC ready to dumb things down to marketplace levels. It wasn't as bad as that, not all of it, anyway, but "Amplified" lacked the wit, the versatility and the good vibes of the Tribe. ...more

November 13, 2008