Twelve big pension funds and a government workers' union are making last-ditch efforts to persuade securities regulators not to adopt a controversial shareholder rights rule before month's end. ...more

November 20, 2007

Sometimes a deal just isn't a deal. On Wednesday, after clinging to a statue of Hannah Montana for more than 150 hours, Jody Powell of Port Charlotte was declared the winner of the WFLZ, 93.3 FM, contest. ...more

November 17, 2007

Powell said then he would share the prize with Padgett. Powell would get the four tickets to Monday's show, Padgett would get the backstage passes, and they would split $5,000. ...more

November 16, 2007

Bob Melvin and Eric Wedge barely made a ripple as players. Backup catchers, they both batted a pedestrian .233 in the big leagues. ...more

November 15, 2007

"One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas, ...more

November 12, 2007

Alex Rodriguez opted out of his $252 million, 10-year contract with the Yankees on Sunday in what appears to be the end of his tumultuous career with New York. ...more

October 29, 2007

PUNTA GORDA - An act of peace turned sour Thursday when a Scott Street man rehung a noose beneath the faded Confederate flag in his yard. The flag and noose had been a fixture in Michael Whiteaker's yard for about three years, until a black neighbor persuaded him to take the noose down last week. ...more

October 26, 2007