Fear and uncertainty bring people together. Whereas Americans seem to be too competitive to share joy on any grand level, we have an amazing capacity for empathy during shared moments of pain. ...more

October 22, 2008

Mike Toma had just come off fire watch duty in Beirut, Lebanon, and was asleep in his barracks when a bomb exploded less than 100 feet away. ...more

October 19, 2008

If you have any doubt who deserves your valuable vote for president of the United States, head straight to a computer and do a Google search for Sept. 11, 2001 videos. Once you have had a chance to re-witness the horror, perhaps your head and heart will find the clear answer. ...more

October 15, 2008

The misery worsened on Wall Street Tuesday, with stocks piling on losses late in the session and bringing the two-day decline in the Dow Jones industrials to more than 875 points amid escalating worries about credit markets and the financial sector. ...more

October 7, 2008

State task force targeting financial fraud against elderly meets in Tampa. ...more

October 6, 2008

David Haas, the former chief executive of Crispers restaurants, was sentenced this morning to two years in federal prison for embezzling more than $400,000 from his company. ...more

September 26, 2008

Earlier this This month, Americans marked the anniversary of the tragic events of Sept. 11, 2001. Some visited the site of the World Trade Center in New York; others gathered in a Pennsylvania field; and many attended ceremonies at the Pentagon. ...more

September 24, 2008

Earlier this This month, Americans marked the anniversary of the tragic events of Sept. 11, 2001. Some visited the site of the World Trade Center in New York; others gathered in a Pennsylvania field; and many attended ceremonies at the Pentagon. ...more

September 24, 2008

It's nowhere near the end of the world, but it does feel like the days immediately after Sept. 11, 2001, when the nation was knocked off its moorings and the future seemed uncertain. ...more

September 21, 2008

Last year, they got Victoria Lim, at the time the NewsCenter's multimedia consumer pit bull. Big hit. This year, they invited Steve Jerve, the blond power forward meteorologist for all seasons and platforms; instead, they got a dinosaur, an old-style newspaper columnist. Uh-oh. ...more

September 21, 2008