New Jersey is suing Verizon, claiming the telecommunications company used "deceptive and misleading" marketing practices for its FiOS television, telephone and Internet services. ...more

March 19, 2009

A shiver of dread went down Ralph Uzzi's spine when the phone rang late one night. ...more

November 12, 2008

A police sting operation resulted in four men arrested on charges of soliciting prostitution late Saturday night and early this morning along Nebraska Avenue. ...more

October 5, 2008

I have just finished reading the opinion of Dale L. Gillis on his views that "homosexuality is not inborn." I wonder what possesses a supposed heterosexual to be so inclined to determine that an individual's sexuality is not biological and simply a choice? ...more

June 27, 2008

I have just finished reading the opinion of Dale L. Gillis on his views that "homosexuality is not inborn." I wonder what possesses a supposed heterosexual to be so inclined to determine that an individual's sexuality is not biological and simply a choice? Do you, my fellow human, have the same sexual attraction, love and the desire for a man as a woman? Maybe you have no sexual attraction for the same sex whatsoever, or maybe you have some attraction for the same sex? If you have no sexual attraction for the same sex, then what possesses you to spend so much time, energy on research to personally determine that your opinion is the correct one? Could your thoughts be because of religion, political, or both? ...more

June 26, 2008

Representatives from churches stand in medians collecting money for their ministries. Firefighters gather to raise money for children suffering from muscular dystrophy. Political candidates eagerly wave signs, beckoning for votes. ...more

June 14, 2008

I wasn't too sensitive about turning 60, the age when people take their first baby steps into codgerhood. ...more

May 9, 2008

The Federal Reserve and other regulators initiated steps Friday to end "unfair and deceptive" credit card industry practices assailing consumers who are already struggling to cope in a bad economy. ...more

May 3, 2008

AVON PARK — All this week, April Hartseil has been driving up and down Highlands County's roads in a white, six-year-old, county-owned Ford Ranger, stopping to pick up signs. Four code enforcement officers are joining her and the rest of the state in a statewide cleanup, Hartseil said. On Wednesday, she patrolled Nine Mile Grade and County Road 621, between U.S. 98 and S.R. 70. "I must have pulled up 60 signs," Hartseil said. Which meant Wednesday was not an eight-hour day. ...more

September 28, 2007

U.S. securities regulators are studying a new method to fight fraud through online postings of investor complaints. ...more

September 27, 2007