In its 10 years as an annual downtown event, the Sarasota Reading Festival attracted thousands of bibliophiles, local authors and those still learning to read.

The Seton Family of Hospitals has slowed growth plans for fiscal year 2009 -- trimming its plan for 800 new jobs to 400, in order to deal with rocky economic times, according to a letter attributed to Seton CEO Charles Barnett.

HAVE you noticed lately that the when you are filling up petrol for your car the meter on the petrol pump would have registered RM100 and you are still filling your tank.

PORTSMOUTH — Millions of Americans received their economic stimulus payments Monday and millions more are scheduled to receive it by mid-July, in an effort to aid the slumping economy.

Money is tight for everyone these days, including charity and civic organizations that depend on private donations. In Rockingham County, campaigns seek money to build an animal shelter, a new library for the western side of the county and to pay for year