Feb 6, 2012 4:01 pm
Any of you gym-goers know: That place has been crowded lately! Everyone is well over a month into their new year's resolutions, and that's awesome. But, it's hard to get anything done in a timely fashion with all the machines and weight areas so full. And forget it if you are doing any supersetting. read more. . .
Feb 6, 2012 3:48 pm
WASHINGTON | Mitt Romney’s remark that he’s not worried about the very poor, the latest gaffe in a campaign rich with blunders, joins a long list of wait-let-me-explain episodes in presidential election history. read more. . .
Feb 6, 2012 3:12 pm
ORLANDO | After suing and winning settlements from smaller eatery owners, a scrappy, controversial group that advocates restaurant workers' rights now has the world's largest casual-dining company in its cross hairs. read more. . .
Feb 6, 2012 2:41 pm
SANGER, Texas | Country singer Randy Travis has apologized after being arrested on a charge of public intoxication outside a North Texas church. read more. . .
Feb 6, 2012 2:24 pm
TAMPA | Deputies are investigating an incident in which a man attempted to set a woman on fire early today, officials said. read more. . .
Feb 6, 2012 2:10 pm
WASHINGTON | The Obama administration closed the U.S. Embassy in Damascus today and pulled all American diplomats out of violence-wracked Syria as the U.S. stepped up pressure on President Bashar Assad to leave power. read more. . .
Feb 6, 2012 1:46 pm
WINTER HAVEN | A Winter Haven man was arrested and accused of stealing $18,000 worth of copper wire from two undeveloped subdivisions, Winter Haven police said. read more. . .
Feb 6, 2012 9:12 am
LAKE WALES | Hazell Stoudemire Jr., the brother of National Basketball Association star Amar'e Stoudemire, was killed today when his vehicle collided with a tractor-trailer, the Florida Highway Patrol is reporting. read more. . .
Feb 6, 2012 1:10 pm
BARTOW | Three Bartow High School students were involved in a single-vehicle crash Monday morning on U.S. 98 near Bartow Regional Medical Center. The students were not injured and no other vehicles were involved in the crash. read more. . .
Feb 6, 2012 12:41 pm
Super Bowl XLVI may go down as one of the best NFL championship games in years, but that’s not the thing people were interested in Sunday night. read more. . .
Feb 6, 2012 11:37 am
LAKELAND | Commissioners agreed this morning to move forward with a study into providing benefits to same sex partners of city employees. read more. . .
Feb 6, 2012 10:06 am
BARTOW | Three Bartow High School students were not injured after the car they were riding in flipped over on U.S. 98. read more. . .
Feb 6, 2012 10:59 am
LAKELAND | Marion Moorman, public defender for the 10th Judicial Circuit since 1984, withdrew from his race for re-election to another four-year term today and will retire when his term ends at the end of this year. read more. . .
Feb 6, 2012 7:52 am
DADE CITY | The Florida Highway Patrol says a woman died after she swerved her SUV to avoid a dog in the road. Troopers say a 5-year-old girl was also injured in the crash Sunday night in Pasco County. read more. . .
Feb 6, 2012 7:32 am
Roads in the Tampa Bay area turned especially deadly Sunday morning when three were killed as a sport utility vehicle rolled over and three more died after a driver failed to stop and ran into their car, authorities said. None of the six people who died in the two crashes was wearing a seat belt, the Florida Highway Patrol said. read more. . .
Feb 6, 2012 3:59 am
In recent months, as officials discussed increasing the base rate for Lakeland Electric and rolled a temporary fee into the full-time overall electric rate to create a long-term price, customers of the utility have questioned its capabilities. read more. . .
Feb 6, 2012 1:45 am
INDIANAPOLIS | There was no way he could lose. New England quarterback Tom Brady was throwing darts, so accurate and deadly that the New York Giants were in retreat and helpless to stop him. read more. . .
Feb 6, 2012 1:43 am
INDIANAPOLIS | Tom Brady has broken the Super Bowl record for consecutive completions previously held by his idol Joe Montana. read more. . .
Feb 6, 2012 1:41 am
INDIANAPOLIS | Eli Manning is elite, for sure. A king of comebacks, too. And far, far more than Peyton's little brother now. read more. . .
Feb 6, 2012 1:20 am
INDIANAPOLIS | Mario Manningham is no longer the New York Giants' forgotten receiver. Manningham emerged from the shadow of Hakeem Nicks and Victor Cruz with a catch that will rival David Tyree's Super Bowl helmet grab four years ago, helping the Giants knock off the New England Patriots 21-17. read more. . .
Feb 6, 2012 1:19 am
INDIANAPOLIS | Giants running back Ahmad Bradshaw looked back, saw no one chasing him, and paused at the goal line. Could it really be this easy to score the winning touchdown in a Super Bowl game? read more. . .
Feb 6, 2012 1:14 am
Bartow, Ridge Community, Lakeland and Haines City could all play spoilers in the Class 7A, District 7 boys basketball district tournament starting today at Haines City. read more. . .
Feb 6, 2012 1:08 am
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. | Kyle Stanley rebounded from a devastating loss to win the Phoenix Open, overcoming an eight-stroke deficit Sunday in a comeback as unlikely as his collapse last week at Torrey Pines. read more. . .
Feb 6, 2012 1:07 am
DURHAM, N.C. | Reggie Johnson scored five of his career-high 27 points in overtime and Miami upset No. 7 Duke 78-74 on Sunday. read more. . .
Feb 6, 2012 1:06 am
BATON ROUGE, La. | Adrienne Webb scored 16 of her 19 points in the second half and LSU snapped No. 6 Kentucky's 10-game winning streak with a 61-51 upset Sunday. read more. . .
Feb 6, 2012 1:05 am
MIAMI | LeBron James scored 30 points, Dwyane Wade had 25 and the Miami Heat survived a shaky fourth quarter to beat the Toronto Raptors 95-89 on Sunday afternoon. read more. . .
Feb 6, 2012 1:03 am
WASHINGTON | Tim Thomas' return to the nation's capital was less political and more successful, with the goaltender making 35 saves Sunday in the Boston Bruins' 4-1 win over the Washington Capitals. read more. . .
Feb 6, 2012 12:45 am
Ask for too little and you feel cheated. Ask for too much and you may be pricing yourself out of the market. So what do you do? read more. . .
Feb 6, 2012 12:43 am
A few weeks ago, McKeever Conwell joined the Baltimore Tech Facebook group, which has more than 600 online members. There, the 25-year-old computer engineer proposed an idea: How about getting a small group together to practice business pitches? He offered to hold the event in his living room. What happened next stunned Conwell. read more. . .
Feb 6, 2012 12:41 am
TODAY JEFFERSON COUNTY, NEW YORK, PICNIC Zephyrhills Bring table service, beverage and a dish to pass. WHEN: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. LOCATION: Lions' Club, 5728 Dean Dairy Road PHONE: 813-780-7392, email wesenconex@gmail.com LAKELAND KNITTING GUILD MEETINGS WHEN: 10 a.m. to noon Wednesdays LOCATION: Peggy Brown Building read more. . .
Feb 6, 2012 12:36 am
Q: I'm planning to host a dinner for several of my key clients at an upscale restaurant. Because I'm not a big wine drinker, is it appropriate to ask one of my guests to choose the wine? If not, how do I choose something everyone will enjoy? read more. . .
Feb 6, 2012 12:33 am
Even in this digital age, paper documents — account statements, bills, receipts, tax forms and the like — are still with us. Having an efficient system to file and otherwise organize these documents can save frustration and time. Here are some tips: read more. . .
Feb 5, 2012 11:25 pm
While being a part of Bain Investments, Mitt Romney helped devise a system by which they were able to profit from failures as well as successes. This was hardly a shining example of free enterprise. There was a famous quote by Anatole France: "Justice is the means by which established injustices are sanctioned." Likewise, you could say, "Free... read more. . .
Feb 5, 2012 11:22 pm
I just read in The Ledger that the reason Newt Gingrich did not appear in Lakeland for his speech was that his advisers/aides miscalculated the travel time from the east coast of Florida to Lakeland. Now, I have respected Newt as a historian and a brilliant mind, but it gives me cause to think about him running this country surrounding himself... read more. . .
Feb 5, 2012 11:20 pm
The November 2012 presidential election presents a choice between freedom and hard-left socialism. We are 10 years behind the European model of what our future will look like if Barack Obama is re-elected: austerity measures and rioting in the streets by those whose attitude is "You owe me." read more. . .
Feb 5, 2012 11:20 pm
Most grouper species will close to recreational harvest from Feb. 1 through March 31 in the Gulf of Mexico in both state and federal waters. Red snapper is closed to recreational anglers July 19 to May 31. Gag grouper is open less than two months for recreational anglers, Sept. 16 to Nov. 15. read more. . .
Feb 3, 2012 4:18 pm
QI'm planning to host a dinner for several of my key clients at an upscale restaurant. Because I'm not a big wine drinker, is it appropriate to ask one of my guests to choose the wine? If not, how do I choose something everyone will enjoy? read more. . .