Paypal, the self proclaimed "easiest and safest way to pay online," has been a constant nightmare for me for about the past month or so, as I first told you about here.
 
From the Paypal website: "The service allows members to send money without sharing financial information, with the flexibility to pay using their account balances, bank accounts, credit cards or promotional financing..."
 
So, again I ask, "Why do you need a copy of my Social Security card, my drivers' license, and proof of my address?"
 
It is a question that I have asked several of...

An article appearing in the St. Pete Times and the TBT alleges that a film crew working for the Canadian company, Bombardier, which produces the Sea-Doo sport-boats brand, destroyed the nesting grounds of the Black Skimmer, a bird that is on the endangered list, while filming a commercial for its product in Shell Key -- a publicly protected nature preserve, near the bird sanctuary.

The eggs of the Black Skimmer are protected by several state laws because the species (who only nest on coastal shorelines) is in peril of extinction. Tim Mckercher, a Melbourne media consultant and spokesperson, is reported to have said that he had no knowledge of anyone being on the ground...

Shannon Price, ex-wife of the forlorn child star Gary Coleman, has broken even the most basic rules of human decency, selling pictures of Coleman on his death bed to British rag the Globe for a reported $10,000.

In a tragic beginning that mirrored his on-screen character Arnold Jackson, Gary Coleman was a real-life child adoptee as well. Unlike his character, Coleman had no Mr. Drummond or Mrs. Garrett to rescue him into a life of love and luxury. Instead, the people who were supposed to love him the most, W.G. and Edmonia Sue Coleman, Gary's adoptive parents, were the very people they were supposed to protect him from. They were the first of many who would exploit the child star for...

For about the last year or so there has been a rogue monkey of the Rhesus variety making public appearances in the Tampa Bay area. He (officials believe it to be a male) has shown up in backyard trees, gardens and even in public parks.

Game officials have recently shot him with as many as two sedative darts in one load -- and nothing. He just kept on a-swinging from limb to limb through the trees.

Where on earth this monkey came from was the talk of the town -- until authorities remembered one key event that happened a while (oh, about 80 years ago by now is the best guess) back.

In the early days of the film industry, movies were more often shot in Florida than anywhere else -- mostly in Jacksonville, but also in Silver Springs and other...