GE says it will cut its water use 20% by 2012

General Electric Co. will cut its global water use by 20% over five years, CEO Jeff Immelt said Wednesday.

Our in-laws padded the wedding bill

What do you do when it seems your new family members added a little extra to your share of the costs?

Father's Day Sale and Summer Price Break at Jos A. Bank

Jos A. Bank has their famous Father's Day Sale and Summer Price Break going on through 5/31. Discounts of up to 70% off, plus free 2-day shipping on all orders over $175. Time to pick up some new Jos A. Bank threads for your business attire.

Police say 7 people shot on NYC street

NEW YORK (AP) -- Police say seven people have been shot near a busy intersection in New York City, and at least one victim has been critically injured....

China grapples with rivers, reservoirs in earthquake zone

China grappled with backed-up rivers and reservoirs in danger of collapse, along with looming storms heralding the start of rainy ...

Cost of building permits in Bonita sure to rise, maybe triple

The cost for a building permit is all but guaranteed to shoot up in Bonita Springs soon. As Bonita Springs City Council prepared to consider a 5-year contract with a private firm to review new development and issue building permits in the city, council members were given a draft of the revised fee schedule ...

Wiggins Pass park could be in for revamping, better access

Collier County government and the Florida Park Service are talking about how to increase access to a popular North Naples beach spot. Rieva Adamski, who has been coming to Delnor-Wiggins Pass State Park for 16 years, shrugs her shoulders. “I kind of like the way it is now,” said Adamski, 75, sitting ...

Trappers going hog-wild with Lee County cash

Dale Vest figures he probably caught between 600 and 700 hogs in the past year. The Lehigh Acres resident is a state-licensed wildlife trapper who sells his services to various communities and homeowner associations as well as to Lee County. He’s up for a renewal of his county contract this Tuesday.

Public wants health care changes, but tough to determine what’s preferred

It’s not easy figuring out exactly what voters want when it comes to health care. A Gallup poll released early this fall offered a dozen separate ways to expand health insurance coverage. Each suggestion garnered majority support, including tax breaks for small businesses, 94 percent; requiring large ...

What would the $6 million man cost today?

These days, six mil might not even buy a finger. Here's a look at some pop culture icons - what they went for back in the day, and how much they might cost now.

In Search of the Super Easy Super-Phone

What users are clamoring for is a phone with a beautiful screen and a brain-dead-simple user interface like the iPhone, with the core business functionality and keyboard performance of a BlackBerry and the high-quality camera of some of the LG phones. We want GPS, 3G and great media management. Who will ...

Pilots run out of fuel, pray, land near Jesus sign

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- It seemed like an almost literal answer to their prayers. When two New Zealand pilots ran out of fuel in a microlight airplane they offered prayers and were able to make an emergency landing in a field - coming to rest right next to a sign reading, "Jesus is Lord."...

Warren Buffett: US Recession “Deeper and Last Longer”

When the Wizard of Omaha called it a recession, does that make it official? Warren Buffett, perhaps the world’s most prominent investor, had just said that United States is "already in a recession": He said the United States was "already in recession" and added: "Perhaps ...

Locksmith cracks Ore. safe that baffled MIT expert

LONGVIEW, Wash. (AP) -- A locksmith has managed to open a 159-year-old safe from Oregon that baffled other professional safecrackers and an expert from MIT....

Spacecraft closes in on Mars landing

A three-legged NASA spacecraft was Sunday closing in on Mars for what scientists hope will be the first-ever touchdown near that ...

Federal study: Naples Bay a national hot spot for copper pollution

Oysters in Naples Bay share an infamous statistic with their molluscan cousins in spots in New Jersey and Virginia, a federal report shows. They are the three highest-ranking among 263 sites sampled around the coastal United States for levels of copper contamination in composite samples of American oysters, ...

When economy revives, how will we know?

WASHINGTON (AP) -- With any luck, the second half of this year will be better than the so-far rocky first half. The Federal Reserve chief hopes that is the case. So does President Bush....

Home prices drop, jobless rolls at 4-year high (Reuters)

Reuters - U.S. home prices fell a record 1.7 percent in the first quarter and the number of workers on jobless benefit rolls held at a four-year high, underscoring the economy's woes, data on Thursday showed.

Large cocaine trafficking operation shut down

A nearly yearlong investigation into drug trafficking in Lee County led to the seizure of almost eight kilograms of cocaine, nearly $50,000 in cash and multiple semiautomatic firearms on Wednesday.

Immokalee man bitten by alligator

An Immokalee man was flown to Lee Memorial Hospital Thursday evening after being bitten by an alligator at Lake Trafford Marina, the Collier County Sheriff's Office reports.