As Bob Barker tells his life story, his mother paces behind him, dabbing her eyes. ...more

December 16, 2008

Ikea, the mammoth furniture retailer known for Swedish designs and Swedish meatballs, may begin recruiting workers by January. ...more

December 9, 2008

Ticket brokers are asking more than $1,000 on average for the Florida-Oklahoma national championship game on Jan. 8, the most expensive of bowl game tickets this season, a survey of 800 brokers by TicketCity.com reported Monday. ...more

December 9, 2008

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Wake Forest remained on course for a second consecutive men's soccer national championship as it swept aside South Florida 5-0 in the Elite Eight round of the NCAA Tournament on Saturday afternoon. ...more

December 7, 2008

Customers of Florida Power & Light, the state's largest electric utility, will pay slightly less for electricity in 2009 because of the lower cost of coal and natural gas, which are used to generate power. ...more

December 2, 2008

The 2008 hurricane season ends today and passes with barely a notice in Florida. Residents of Texas and islands in the Caribbean Sea have a different view. ...more

November 30, 2008