With the economy in the dumps, you might hesitate before buying discretionary goodies like video games or pizza. But what if you could get those things for free by doing something you might already be inclined to do - like signing up for a trial of Netflix or buying coffee from Starbucks.com? ...more

March 2, 2009

As his presidency drew to a close, George W. Bush revealed that life in the White House hasn't been bad, not bad at all. ...more

January 18, 2009

Last week, United School Employees of Pasco, the union that represents School District employees, said contract talks with the district have stalled. ...more

September 24, 2008

I'm writing this on behalf of my adopted Florida mom. Her name is Lorayne Januskiewicz. Lately she's been having some rough times. She's been very down in the dumps for sometime, financially and emotionally, and also has had far more than her share of illnesses. ...more

August 31, 2008

As former Tarpon Springs City Manager Ellen Posivach was being pressured to quit in April, she said her opponents wanted her gone because she didn't cater to the city's old guard. Posivach's critics said she was out of town too much and didn't get along well with people. ...more

June 28, 2008

Another day. Another box of foreclosure filings. ...more

February 22, 2008

Not A Foreign Concept I read with interest Art Hayhoe's recent letter, "Keep Decisions Local," and would like to respond to his concerns. ...more

December 30, 2007

Pudding Media opened the next front in Web advertising Monday as the California startup introduced a service that monitors Internet phone calls and dishes up promotions based on what people say. ...more

September 25, 2007

SEBRING — "Cool beans" is an old '70s phrase that Sherri Cooper uses to express "good news." The "cool beans" now for the coordinator of Keep Highlands County Beautiful is that the county is back to normal in the business of cleaning up illegal dump sites. Through the manpower shortage at Highlands County Recycling of the past three months, the waiting list for dump-site cleanups grew to about 95. That was about five times the normal list of 15 to 20 dump sites. ...more

September 15, 2007