In 2008, a super-modern, hi-tech, state-of-the-art oil drilling rig was installed 250 miles off the Coast of Australia. As I write this, Australians are grappling with a massive spill that stretches more than 85 miles long and covers nearly 9,000 square miles. The latest estimates show that hundreds of thousands of gallons of oil have spilled and continue to spill from this brand new rig, which burned out of control for at least several weeks. ...more

December 19, 2009

A Bradenton man awaiting trial on rape and molestation charges was arrested in Indiana this week on a warrant from Manatee County charging him with 49 counts of child pornography. Derrick Faircloth, 39, was arrested in July by Manatee County sheriff's deputies and charged with sexual battery, lewd and lascivious molestation, introduction of obscene materials to a minor and delivering a controlled substance to a minor. ...more

November 6, 2009

State Sen. Paula Dockery will announce a decision next week on whether to enter the governor race and won't comment on the accuracy of a news report that she'll announce she's running. ...more

October 31, 2009

Deputies say a woman found drowned on Sunday in a Hernando Beach canal is Mildred Horner, 80. ...more

August 18, 2009

A news report says North Korea has fired two mid-range missiles off it eastern coast. ...more

July 3, 2009

The malicious Conficker Internet worm is trying to reach its creators more aggressively today, but it hasn't launched the cybercrime spree many feared. ...more

April 1, 2009

James Paino is not stupid. Nor does he consider himself particularly gullible. ...more

March 26, 2009

Senator Obama advises that the economy will get worse; so does my barber. I am not therefore surprised by daily reports of business failures, or by overpaid CEOs lined up with hands held out for government charity. But I was saddened and disturbed to read, this morning, that the venerable Tribune Co. is "at the edge of bankruptcy." ...more

December 11, 2008

The Florida attorney general has opened an investigation into allegations of unfair and deceptive trade practices involving Landmark Leasing, the subject of a news report Monday. ...more

November 26, 2008

Frank Cianci of Hudson says anyone who voted for the financial bailout should be voted out of the U.S. House and Senate. ...more

November 1, 2008