Gov. Charlie Crist says residents of the Sunshine State should urge their friends in the chilly north to buy Florida real estate. ...more

January 26, 2009

All the fuss is starting to bug Joe Paterno. Still recovering from hip surgery, the 82-year-old Penn State coach plans to run his team from the press box today when the No. 6 Nittany Lions face No. 5 Southern California in the 95th Rose Bowl. ...more

January 1, 2009

Football fans aware of President-elect Barack Obama's call for a college football playoff have another "poll" they can focus on in the meantime, thanks to Coldwell Banker Real Estate. Since the Akron Zips are ranked No. 1, rather than the Alabama Crimson Tide, this so-called poll, at first glance, could cause football followers more grief than the system that determines the teams for the Bowl Championship Series title game. The real estate company released its rankings of the most affordable and expensive college towns based on a four-bedroom home with a family room. ...more

November 22, 2008

The big difference between Stephen Colbert and Bill O'Reilly: Colbert is only pretending to be a pompous windbag. ...more

November 21, 2008

Football fans awaiting President-elect Barack Obama's call for a college football playoff have another poll they can focus on in the meantime, thanks to Coldwell Banker Real Estate. Since the Akron Zips are ranked No. 1, rather than the Alabama Crimson Tide, this poll, at first glance, could cause football followers more grief than the various ballot- and computer-based rankings that determine the teams for the Bowl Championship Series title game. The real estate company released its rankings of the most affordable and expensive college towns based on a four-bedroom home with a family room. ...more

November 19, 2008

Can a tongue-in-cheek ad for a popular pain reliever backfire and turn into a huge headache for one of the most respected health product marketers? ...more

November 18, 2008

Reacting to widespread complaints on social networking sites, Motrin pulls an ad aimed at moms who "wear their babies." ...more

November 17, 2008

Mr. Blackwell, 86, the acerbic designer whose annual worst-dressed list skewered the fashion felonies of celebrities from Zsa Zsa Gabor to Britney Spears, died Sunday in Los Angeles of complications from an intestinal infection. ...more

October 21, 2008

FUJIYA & MIYAGI: LIGHTBULBS (DEAF DUMB & BLIND) *** Fujiya & Miyagi (an English trio, rather than an Asian duo - take that, expectations!) are either heavily ironic or heavily absurd: Vanilla strawberry/Knickerbocker glory/I saw the ghost of Lena Zavaroni, anyone? But "Lightbulbs" is so full of creamy pop goodness the lyrics can be taken as the afterthought they very well may be. ...more

October 17, 2008

Florida's gaming industry remains strong despite the national economic crisis, according to Jim Allen, chief executive of gaming operations for the Seminole Tribe of Florida. ...more

October 9, 2008