The proposal would allow a tax credit of 10 percent of the value of new or existing residences, up to a $15,000 limit. ...more

February 5, 2009

A dispute over the price of a car for sale took a violent turn when a man was stabbed with a pocketknife, deputies say. ...more

January 20, 2009

Project comes in at half the cost. ...more

January 19, 2009

Hillsborough County next month will begin a $4 million study into the possible widening of Fletcher Avenue between Interstates 75 and 275. ...more

January 15, 2009

A Long Island surgeon embroiled in a nearly four-year divorce proceeding wants his estranged wife to return the kidney he donated to her, although he says he'll settle for $1.5 million in compensation. ...more

January 8, 2009

Prius drivers are not suffering any buyer's remorse, despite a plunge in gasoline prices that has for the moment made the cars less economical, said some owners of the popular hybrid. ...more

January 5, 2009

President-elect Barack Obama's administration needs to monitor war spending much more closely than the current White House has, according to a new study that criticized President Bush's approach to funding the Iraq and Afghanistan wars - a bill that is projected to approach nearly $1 trillion next year. ...more

December 26, 2008

While the big days have their traditional meals, you can't serve turkey all the time. Here's a great alternative. ...more

November 18, 2008

The board of the South Florida Water Management District has approved changes to a deal to buy U.S. Sugar Corps' land in the Everglades. ...more

November 13, 2008

The idea that "If you build it, they will come" may have worked for Kevin Costner, in the '80s, in a movie, but in the harsh reality of today's economy, that philosophy needs to be amended to something like, "If you build some of it, maybe they will start thinking about coming." ...more

November 6, 2008