Shareholders of Walter Industries today approved a spinoff of the company's financing business, allowing the Tampa-based company to focus solely on coal production. ...more

April 23, 2009

Tampa-based Walter Industries Inc. expects to complete the spinoff of its financing business by Friday, the company said. This comes after a vote Wednesday by shareholders of Hanover Capital Mortgage Holdings to merge with Walter Investment Management LLC. A favorable ruling by the Internal Revenue Service related to the deal helped satisfy conditions for the closing. ...more

April 16, 2009

Andy Hallett, who made his mark playing green-skinned, good-guy demon Lorne on the TV series "Angel," has died of congestive heart disease. Hallett was 33. ...more

April 1, 2009

Rocker Courtney Love - who once declared that she wasn't a woman but a force of nature and got little argument - has rented a sprawling Mediterranean in the Hollywood Hills for about $20,000 a month. ...more

March 1, 2009

"The Pluto Files: The Rise and Fall of America's Favorite Planet," by Neil DeGrasse Tyson (Norton, $23.95) ...more

February 22, 2009

Apparel maker Hanesbrands Inc. said Wednesday that it will close nine plants across five countries and cut about 12 percent of its work force as it restructures its operations in order to cut costs. ...more

September 25, 2008

"Can't" perhaps becomes the biggest hurdle for blind people. For a quarter century, Lighthouse for the Visually Impaired and Blind has been the beacon for some 20,000 people to find a path out of darkness. ...more

September 3, 2008

For a quarter of a century now, the Lighthouse for the Visually Impaired and Blind has been the beacon for some 20,000 people to find a path out of darkness. ...more

August 23, 2008

Give up worldly goods and help save the Earth. Oh, and save lots of money. ...more

July 25, 2008

Last summer, we left Camp Critic in Beverly Hills full of hope and anticipation for the 2007 newbies such as the funky fairy tale "Pushing Daisies," the quirky spy comedy "Chuck" and the steamy soap "Dirty Sexy Money." ...more

July 24, 2008