It is one thing when the best-paid people seem to be the smartest and the most accomplished. Those who make much less may not like it, but the differential seems understandable. It is another thing when those people are shown to have committed huge blunders that would have driven their companies out of business, and them into the unemployment line, but for government bailouts. ...more

January 24, 2009

An 82-year-old Sarasota woman did not let her purse get taken without a fight Wednesday. ...more

January 22, 2009

Deputies have arrested a suspect in the robbery and beating of a woman this morning, Pasco County Sheriff's Office spokesman Kevin Doll said. ...more

January 21, 2009

The federal rescue of the nation's financial industry has perplexed the average taxpayer, who cannot find out how the money has been spent or see how it's helping anyone in the neighborhood. ...more

January 20, 2009

City officials are proclaiming a six-month undercover investigation of adult-oriented businesses in Drew Park successful. ...more

January 19, 2009

Congress OKs Release Of Final $350B Of Bailout WASHINGTON (AP) - Congress laid the foundation for President-elect Barack Obama's economic recovery plan on Thursday with remarkable speed, clearing the way for a new infusion of bailout cash for the financial industry while majority Democrats proposed spending increases and tax cuts totaling a whopping $825 billion. ...more

January 18, 2009