32 percent Estimate of cocaine transported by semisubs to the United States from Colombia ...more

May 12, 2009

A Pahokee man who used stolen front-end loaders to dislodge ATMs at 11 banks in nine counties, including Polk and Manatee, is in the Leon County Jail, authorities said. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement arrested Nasedra Lumpkin, 33, after a 15-month investigation into the string of ATM thefts the agency said netted more than $1 million and caused $575,000 damage to the banks. ...more

May 7, 2009

Hugh Jackman's Wolverine is rolling in dough, though his movie pulled in a little less money than originally estimated. ...more

May 4, 2009

Government health officials are announcing the recall of popular weight loss pill Hydroxycut, after reports of liver damage and other health problems. ...more

May 1, 2009

Walt Disney Studios is turning box-office cash from its nature documentary "Earth" into seed money to plant trees in the rain forest. ...more

April 29, 2009

Customers of the state-backed Citizens Property Insurance Corp. are going to see their premiums rise, but by how much hasn't been finalized. ...more

April 29, 2009

The Senate has passed a hurricane insurance bill that raises rates on more than 1 million customers of the Citizens Property Insurance Corp. ...more

April 28, 2009

Oprah Winfrey sent her first "tweet" during a taping of her television talk show. ...more

April 17, 2009

A fire that caused $1.65 million in damage to a Pinellas County warehouse Tuesday night is suspicious, authorities said. Arson detectives were to return this morning to continue investigating the four-alarm fire that destroyed the warehouse at Joe's Creek Industrial Park, 3120 46th Ave. in Lealman. ...more

April 15, 2009

City funding for nonprofit organizations will be cut next fiscal year. ...more

April 14, 2009