The man who watches over the $700 billion in government money given to banks and other institutions to avert a financial collapse said Wednesday he thinks it's too early to say how much will be repaid to the taxpayers. ...more

October 21, 2009

Two days off the road was almost too much for Donna Byrne. "I'm ready to go. I'm tired of laying around," she said, tightening a rope around the tarp on her pack horse. ...more

February 15, 2009

Two days off the road was almost too much for Donna Byrne. ...more

February 14, 2009

Normally, only two things come out of chicken coops. One's eggs and the other one stinks to high heaven. ...more

February 6, 2009

The Rays' postseason fate continued to hang in the balance late Monday night as a steady rain finally forced a halt to play in Game 5 of the World Series. ...more

October 28, 2008

The Rays inched closer to completing the next item on their final-week checklist Tuesday night, picking up an individual milestone to boot. ...more

September 24, 2008

Abandoned backyard swimming pools, filed up from the recent heavy rainfalls, are massive breeding grounds for mosquitoes. ...more

August 28, 2008

A Naples man remained in Highlands County Jail in lieu of $37,250 bond Tuesday after he was charged in connection with the burglary of two homes, hiding in a boat and theft of a golf cart. Scott M. MacDonald, 25, of 4180 Golden Gate Blvd., was booked on charges of two counts of burglary of an unoccupied dwelling, burglary of a structure or conveyance, criminal mischief, third-degree theft of a vehicle, petty theft and resisting a law enforcement officer without violence. ...more

August 26, 2008

FORT LAUDERDALE - Authorities in South Florida say a 15-year-old boy has confessed to killing a teenage girl who had been missing for three weeks. ...more

July 27, 2008

A historic Ybor City building that was the focus of a preservation fight after it caught fire 20 months ago looks much the same as it did in the days immediately following the blaze. ...more

July 27, 2008