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Super Bowl promises wild ride for businesses on the racy side
Hotels, restaurants, taxis and tourist traps all stand to score big with the Super Bowl crowd. But so do purveyors of hedonism: bars, casinos, bookies and strip clubs.

Dolphin, whale deaths puzzle scientists
Biologists at Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute in Orlando hope to salvage the next stranded mammal a bit sooner.

Winter storms in mid-Atlantic cancel some flights to, from Florida
Anyone expecting flights arriving from or leaving to the mid-Atlantic states on Friday should check to make sure they haven't been canceled or delayed as a result of a major winter storm threatening up to 2 feet of snow in some areas.

State Farm to start sending out policy nonrenewal letters
State Farm has started to send letters to the holders of 125,000 policies in Florida that they will no longer be insured by the largest private property insurer in Florida just as the hurricane season approaches it peak.

Lawmakers propose to modify Florida's class size amendment
Having some flexibility to meet class size amendment could save districts millions in costs they now face to comply with the 2002 voter-approved mandate, Treasure Coast education officials said Tuesday.

Candidate for Brevard seat in Florida House charged with child sex crime
FORT PIERCE — Joseph F. Crowley, a Democratic candidate for Florida House District 31 in Brevard County, is in federal custody after being arrested for using the telephone to induce a minor boy into sexual activity, arrest records show.

Will Florida ban or tax plastic shopping bags?
TALLAHASSEE ? Should Florida ban or charge customers to use plastic or paper bags as a means to shift shopping to a more green experience?

Judge rules against Rivers Coalition on Lake Okeechobee discharges
A federal court judge ruled Friday that the Rivers Coalition did not prove its case seeking to force the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to stop discharges from Lake Okeechobee into the St. Lucie Estuary.

Florida bankers want to fast-track foreclosures cases
If bankers get their way, Floridians facing foreclosure could be kicked out of their homes in as little as three months.

Experts weigh in on Supreme Court ruling that government can't limit corporations' political spending
Celeste Bush, the head of the St. Lucie County Democratic Party, said she’s concerned that “Democracy is for sale” after the Supreme Court ruled that the First Amendment right to speech applies to corporations, and therefore the government cannot limit their political spending.

State will redraw District 29
It takes Rep. Ralph Poppell, R-Vero Beach, three hours to travel from his home to the north end of his Florida House District 29 near Mims and back.

State-ordered FPL refund in year's first bills may ease heating costs' sting
JUNO BEACH ? All that extra electricity needed from Florida Power & Light to heat you through the brisk first part of January could have saved you a few dollars.

Area congressmen react to Obama's State of the Union address
President Obama?s State of the Union drew quick, and mostly predictable, reaction from lawmakers representing the Treasure Coast in Washington.

Lavish meals, rising expenses fuel calls for more oversight of state-run Citizens Insurance
Citizens Property Insurance Corp., the state-run insurer of last resort, has trimmed more than 26 percent of its customers since late 2007.

Vero Beach man appointed to state ethics commission
Vero Beach retiree Ivan Ford was one of three who Gov. Charlie Crist appointed to the nine-member Commission on Ethics Wednesday.

Reconsider smaller class sizes, Republicans urge
TALLAHASSEE — Having already spent $16 billion to reduce class sizes — and facing a multibillion-dollar budget deficit — leading Republicans including Gov. Charlie Crist want voters to reconsider their 2002 vote in favor of smaller classes.

Haridopolos asks state to investigate homeowners' claims big banks used bailout money to fatten bottom line
Florida Senate President designate Mike Haridopolos, R-Merritt Island, says if Congress isn’t going to call out banks out for allegedly reducing home equity lines of credit to homeowners simply to improve their bottom line, then the state should.

Activists file lawsuit asking that Tea Party not be a political party
What’s in a name? Only the true identity of a grass-roots movement, says a federal lawsuit filed by a handful of tea party activists against the founders of Florida’s new political party by the same name.

Legislative District 29 to be redrawn
It takes Rep. Ralph Poppell, R-Vero Beach, three hours to travel from his home to the north end of his Florida House District 29 near Mims and back.