In this live-and-let-live town, where medical marijuana clubs do business next to grocery stores and an annual fair celebrates sadomasochism, prostitutes could soon walk the streets without fear of arrest. ...more

October 22, 2008

George Church wants to put his personal genetic blueprint online for all to see - the sequence of chemical bases that make him who he is, a lanky scientist of Scottish ancestry who has dyslexia, narcolepsy and motion sickness. ...more

October 20, 2008

One in four teen girls have rolled up their sleeves for the relatively new vaccine against a virus that causes cervical cancer, federal health officials said Thursday. ...more

October 10, 2008

Symbol Of Repression I am angry. Every morning during my commute to work, a giant Confederate flag greets me like a slap in the face at the junction of Interstates 4 and 75. This virulent symbol is a constant remainder of the South's failed attempt to defend the unconscionable practice of slavery. ...more

September 13, 2008

Japanese World War II leader Hideki Tojo wanted to keep fighting after U.S. atomic bombs destroyed Hiroshima and Nagasaki, accusing surrender proponents of being "frightened," a newly released diary reveals. ...more

August 13, 2008

Plan Isn't Bipartisan Regarding "Erase Political Favoritism From Legislative Redistricting" (Our Opinion, July 24): ...more

August 1, 2008

Timing is everything, and when it comes to convincing voters to support increasing their property taxes even for good causes is a difficult sell in the best of times. We're not even close to good economic times around here. ...more

August 1, 2008

Regarding "55: Don't Count on It" (front page, July 17): This is just another example of the federal government trying to legislate away a problem best solved by individuals. Proponents of lowering the interstate speed limit to 55 mph point out all of the cost saving estimates of driving slower. It's worth pointing out that while the maximum speed limit is currently 70 mph, the minimum speed limit is 40 mph. ...more

July 19, 2008

Four of the five Highlands County commissioners are leaning toward letting voters decide in the November general election whether they want to pay an extra 2/10ths of 1 mill in property tax to fund purchase of conservation lands. ...more

July 9, 2008

SEBRING - Four of the five Highlands County commissioners are leaning toward letting voters decide in the November general election whether they want to pay an extra 2/10ths of 1 mill in property tax to fund purchase of conservation lands. On Tuesday, though, they agreed with county Administrator Michael Wright that more public discussion and input is needed before they decide to put it on the ballot. ...more

July 8, 2008