Democrat Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York marked Veterans Day by calling for new assistance programs, but said she would move more carefully than her rivals on dealing with looming shortfalls facing the Social Security system. ...more

November 12, 2007

Republican presidential candidate Fred Thompson on Friday proposed slowing the growth of Social Security benefits and creating voluntary, government-matched savings accounts, becoming the first candidate of either party to offer a detailed proposal to fix the nation's retirement system. ...more

November 10, 2007

Rex is 8, but he just won't accept that his competition, some half his age, can get the jump on him. He's a trooper - well, actually, a police dog, from O'Fallon, Mo., and even though he can't get over a 6-foot wall, he still has heart. ...more

October 23, 2007

It's a sure bet your company will be setting up lots of banners and signs over the next few years. ...more

October 19, 2007

In recognition of the 30th anniversary of Pasco-Hernando Community College's College of Nursing, the school's gallery is presenting "The Faces of Caring: Nurses at Work." ...more

October 3, 2007

Hearing Aid Awareness Week began Sunday and continues through Saturday. In honor of this important awareness initiative, I will conduct free hearing screenings at my JC Audiology clinic on Wednesday. ...more

October 1, 2007

The leading Democratic presidential hopefuls conceded Wednesday night they cannot guarantee withdrawal of all U.S. combat troops from Iraq by 2013, the end of the next president's first term. ...more

September 27, 2007

Travis Allred and his partners have been purchasing property in this industrial neighborhood since the 1970s. ...more

September 26, 2007