One factoid per hour, here are the 12 themes we're keeping an eye on this week leading up to the 57th running of the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring Presented by Fresh from Florida: ...more

March 18, 2009

Gov. Charlie Crist signed authorization Tuesday for federal stimulus dollars to start flowing into the state by the end of the month. ...more

March 18, 2009

Fierce competition for business recruitment prompted members of a standing committee Tuesday to recommend the county set aside $500,000 to help retain and attract industry. ...more

March 18, 2009

Fierce competition for business recruitment prompted members of a standing committee Tuesday to recommend the county set aside $500,000 to help retain and attract industry. ...more

March 17, 2009

Pope Benedict XVI said on his way to Africa Tuesday that condoms were not the answer in the continent's fight against HIV, his first explicit statement on an issue that has divided even clergy working with AIDS patients. ...more

March 17, 2009

The competition was stiff in the inaugural Highlands County Coalition for the Homeless golf tournament on Saturday at Sebring Golf Club. ...more

March 17, 2009

Divided over the best way to fight the economic downturn, finance officials of the leading industrial nations agreed Saturday to commit more money to help developing countries, step up efforts to revive bank lending and regulate hedge funds. ...more

March 15, 2009

Ban Gun Control There is a bill that liberal congressmen would like passed to remove weapons from the average responsible citizen. ...more

March 14, 2009

The public lexicon is changing as the economic downturn lingers. Phrases such as "stimulus package," "bankruptcy cram-down" and "mortgage modification" weren't in vogue a year ago. Now there's another newly familiar phrase: "forced furlough." ...more

March 14, 2009

Next weekend more than 7,000 spectators are expected to flock into downtown Palm Harbor for TNT Events' second Spring Arts and Crafts Show. Inverness-based TNT Events will present the arts and crafts show along Florida Avenue between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. next Saturday and Sunday, March 21 and 22. The street will be closed to vehicle traffic during the event. ...more

March 14, 2009