Putting Lenders At Risk A proposal to allow bankruptcy judges to change the terms of loans if the borrower has asked the lender to modify the loan before filing for bankruptcy raises questions. Let's say the lender offers to give a six-month payment moratorium, and then a lower payment, in exchange for raising the rate, and the borrower turns it down. According to your article, the borrower could ask the bankruptcy judge to modify the loan - including lowering the loan amount. ...more

January 19, 2009

David Rawson of Palm Harbor says John McCain would have won the presidency if he were as smooth as Ronald Reagan. ...more

November 15, 2008

What had earned me his recognition, his admiration, his uncharacteristic gesture of approval? Had I hung up on a telemarketer? Complained to a company about unsatisfactory service? Finally gotten angry and expressed my feelings at the time I felt them? All these would have been unusual for me. ...more

October 22, 2008

Democratic Sen. Barack Obama opened the final leg of the presidential campaign by returning to a familiar strategy on Thursday: Linking Republican opponent John McCain to the unpopular incumbent. ...more

October 17, 2008

Bucs right tackle Jeremy Trueblood does not mind being pushed. He just has a problem with shoves. ...more

October 11, 2008

If the Rays are to make the playoffs for the first time in their history, they'll have to clinch a spot without the guy who has played more games for them than anyone else. ...more

August 13, 2008

Twinkle, twinkle, little Internet router. And cell phone. And digital video recorder. And cable modem. And game console. And power strip. And TV - even though it's turned off. ...more

August 4, 2008

It will be able to go where no man (or woman) would easily be able to go when searching for a missing child. ...more

June 13, 2008

Dear Abby: I am a 17-year-old high school senior. My parents and I don't get along. I swear to goodness that they hate me, plus they don't trust a single thing that I do. I am about to ship out for training in the Army, and I will be gone six months. ...more

September 9, 2007

Three days after Thanksgiving 1966, baby-faced rookie Officer Walter T. Barclay raced to a beauty salon that was being burglarized at 4 a.m. ...more

September 5, 2007