We’ve seen it with our own eyes. The retirees are back.

And this time, they are a bit different than they were five years ago. They are coming to scoop up bargains and foreclosures and short sales, for prices that are a fraction of what they were a few years ago. …

LAKE BUENA VISTA - If customers want it, then bring it back.

That’s the story of the Walt Disney World’s treehouse cabins, which opened in 1975, and were demolished in 2002. They were simple structures, up one story in the trees, and memorable for guests.

High in 1970s appeal, they resembled the …

Monkey Might Well Have Herpes
TALLAHASSEE - The elusive rhesus macaque monkey darting around the Tampa Bay area and cheered on by 60,000 Facebook fans is generating a lot of banter.  However, wildlife officials caution that this monkey is highly stressed and potentially very dangerous, and is …

FORT LAUDERDALE - The nation’s great tiki festival comes again to the greatest Tiki town in the nation, Fort Lauderdale from June 10-13, 2010.

It’s called the Hukilau and it is four days of all things Tiki, drawing over 1,000 to come hear music, see artists and get into the South …

CAPE CANAVERAL - Space shuttle Discovery is scheduled to begin a 13-day flight to the International Space Station with a launch at 6:21 a.m. EDT on April 5 from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Discovery’s launch date for the STS-131 mission was announced Friday at the …

TALLAHASSEE - As of March 19, biologists with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s (FWC) Fish and Wildlife Research Institute (FWRI) have documented 431 manatee carcasses in state waters so far in 2010. This preliminary data indicates that in just three months, the number of …

OKEECHOBEE - While crossing the state of Florida,  you will want to make sure you stop in a few of the towns. Very often, folks drive across the state, from Gulf Coast to East Coast, and miss out on the amusement that is in between.

Here, Glady’s, one of the local …

SINGER ISLAND - A Singer Island classic is now the Palm Beach Marriott Singer Island Beach Resort & Spa, which recently received the AAA Four-Diamond stamp of approval.

Formerly The Resort at Singer Island, the newly rebranded Marriott property is now the Palm Beach Marriott Singer Island Beach …

Deutsche Bank today announced its appointment as depositary bank for the sponsored Level I American Depositary Receipt (ADR) program of Greene King plc (Greene King).

TALLAHASSEE – Gov. Charlie Crist and the Florida Cabinet approved an option agreement today between the state of Florida and the Alachua Conservation Trust, Inc. to expand recreational opportunities and conserve precious natural resources. The 500 acres located southeast of Gainesville is a critical addition to the Paynes Prairie Preserve …