Barack Hussein Obama - won enough electoral votes to become president of the United States. ...more

November 6, 2008

FEDERAL REGULATION McCAIN: Typically an opponent of government regulations, he has promised tougher ones for the financial industry in response to the current crisis. Though he has not been specific, McCain has said he would reduce the number of federal agencies overseeing banks, thrift institutions and markets to make accountability clearer while imposing tougher capital and disclosure requirements. ...more

November 2, 2008

We in the press deserve some blame for not warning loudly enough early enough that the fast-moving housing market was circling the drain. ...more

November 1, 2008

Voters can make a political statement AND a fashion statement this year. ...more

October 31, 2008

Calling Florida a key state that Sen. John McCain needs if he is to become the next president, Sen. Joe Lieberman visited Tampa today to speak with voters and drum up support for the Republican ticket. ...more

October 26, 2008

Andrea Reynolds, a mother of four young children in southern Louisiana, can't remember the last time she bought a dress. She also can't remember her last vacation - unless, she quips, you count those three weeks in a hotel fleeing Hurricane Rita in 2005. ...more

October 26, 2008

ATLANTA (AP) - Minneapolis business manager Roque Rossetti plans to make his annual trip home to Sao Paulo, Brazil, for Christmas. The 35-year-old said the sagging economy gave him no second thoughts about shelling out $1,200 for the ticket. ...more

October 26, 2008

Truancy is more than a student and school problem, retired educator Gabriel Read believes, it's a community problem that will take a united effort of counties and individuals to toughen the state's truancy law. ...more

October 24, 2008