A few area business are adding to the anticipation "New Moon," the next installment of the "Twilight Saga," with events for vampire and werewolf wannabes on Friday. ...more

November 13, 2009

Lottery officials said Thursday a Powerball ticket sold in South Carolina matched all six numbers drawn to win the midweek jackpot worth nearly $260 million. A news conference was planned Thursday at a Columbia store where the ticket was sold. ...more

August 20, 2009

Two live-action comedies have been unable to bring down the animated adventure "Up." ...more

June 7, 2009

"Star Trek" has gone to warp speed at the box office with $31 million in domestic ticket sales after just over a day in theaters. ...more

May 9, 2009

Nancy Rapino of Largo won a share of the Mega Money jackpot. ...more

March 23, 2009

The St. Pete Times Forum was No. 1 in the world for gross ticket sales during a recent 31-day period, according to an industry trade publication. ...more

March 18, 2009

Florida Lottery sales are going flat, a legislative audit reported today. ...more

March 12, 2009

It didn't take long for the first wave of "Why does the Southeastern Conference stink so bad?" questions to hit once the teams arrived here for interviews. And just as quickly, the coaches and players on the aforementioned men's basketball teams proved they know how to spin those talking points. ...more

March 12, 2009

We tried killing her off, but that didn't work: the devil didn't want her and the angels couldn't stand her. It may have had something to do with her insistence on conducting their choir. ...more

March 11, 2009

When the Highlands County School District made its budget projections in July 2008, it was estimating to receive nearly $950,000 from the Florida Lottery revenue for this school year. ...more

February 17, 2009