Sunset Park Homeowners Association President Marlin Anderson, left, presented Coleman Middle School Principal Michael Hoskinson with a $300 check on May 26. The check was a donation from the homeowners' association to help defray expenses associated with grounds improvements at the school's track area, which the community uses when school is not in session. Hoskinson plans to use the money to buy a permanent water fountain, which he hopes will help reduce the number of water bottles left on the campus. ...more

June 24, 2009

Authorities say 12 students became sick after drinking bottled water from a vending machine at a Southern California junior high school. ...more

April 24, 2009

Products that can save you money and save energy. ...more

March 23, 2009

Gadgets that help you save the environment. ...more

March 11, 2009

"The Ultimate Cheapskate's Road Map to True Riches," by Jeff Yeager (Broadway Books, $12.95) ...more

March 8, 2009

No one involved with the court case against Diana O'Neill disagrees that the teacher hit her severely developmentally disabled students in the head with water bottles, boards and binders. ...more

February 13, 2009

As she works to ensure early voting runs smoothly during an unprecedented high turnout, Elections Supervisor Annie Williams is fending off another jab from one of the candidates who wants her job. ...more

October 24, 2008

Most middle school science lessons don't involve trying to keep a robot from crashing into empty, inverted water bottles. ...more

August 5, 2008

Trashing A/C units for the copper wire inside is so 2007. A metal box bolted to the asphalt behind a Spring Hill medical clinic was stolen some time this weekend. Inside was a smaller box holding radiological medical waste. ...more

June 26, 2008

a shiny, silver credit card with the activation sticker attached. ...more

June 8, 2008