A Washington lobbyist has settled her $27 million defamation lawsuit against The New York Times over a story involving then-presidential candidate John McCain, both sides disclosed Thursday ...more

February 19, 2009

The Career Academy sophomores moved in closer and closer as Dr. Jeanie O. Lee prepared to demonstrate acupuncture on the academy's director, Doug Thoburn. ...more

February 18, 2009

40 Percent civilian casualties rose in Afghanistan last year, the highest level since the American-led invasion in 2001 ...more

February 18, 2009

PLANT CITY Espress Yourself Coffee 101 recently closed, but that doesn't mean the end to caffeine fixes downtown. The Daily Grind & News will open next month in the same location, 101 E. J. Arden Mays Blvd. ...more

February 16, 2009

Sin City is worried that its well-honed style is crimping its business. Born of carefully crafted slogans - "What happens here stays here" - and smiling, sequined showgirls, the image of a 24-hour adult Disneyland with free-flowing booze and casino chips is making the tourist destination seem radioactive to companies keen on not appearing frivolous as they seek government bailouts. ...more

February 15, 2009

One evening in the 1930s, 13-year-old William Troeller hanged himself from the transom of his bedroom in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. ...more

February 15, 2009

Joffrey's Coffee Now At Publix Publix Super Markets has begun stocking six types of coffee from Tampa-based Joffrey's Coffee & Tea Co. in all of its stores. Joffrey's secured a deal to stock two types of traditional coffee and four flavors in more than 900 Publix stores across the South. The company already supplies coffee to Sweetbay Supermarket stores in Florida. The new Publix deal will account for about 20 percent of Joffrey's' business, said company president and Chief Executive Officer Ted Abrams. ...more

February 12, 2009

Half the romance of Valentine's Day is in the dessert. ...more

February 11, 2009

In 1933, as today, a new president stepped into the White House, vowing change and decisive action at a time when a banking crisis posed a grave threat to the nation's economy. ...more

February 9, 2009

23 Number of days Israel and Hamas fought in January, which appear to have nourished Israel's self-image as a besieged nation surrounded by enemies ...more

February 9, 2009