Google's New Webmaster Tools

Network World Fusion - Google has unveiled new upgrades to the webmaster tools. This latest update includes content analysis and sitemap details which allow webmasters to pin point pages with optimization problems. This can eliminate potential issues that could affect the ... Read more...

Coast Financial Holdings asks judge to throw out lawsuit

Herald Tribune - Coast Financial Holdings Inc. has asked a judge to dismiss a shareholders' lawsuit, arguing that it fails to prove any wrongdoing. The former Coast directors and executives contend that the stockholders' suit is riddled with vague allegations that ... Read more...

Rail plan drawing protest from Polk County

Herald Tribune - TALLAHASSEE -- Polk County lawmakers charged Thursday that the state's $491 million plan to build a 61-mile commuter rail system in the Orlando area would hurt their county by diverting more freight trains and trucks to their area. "I don't want to ... Read more...

A pool of assets

Herald Tribune - When a truck driver swerved to avoid hitting a deer on State Road 64 early Monday morning and landed his rig in Lake Manatee, he unintentionally delivered a couple of important reminders to officials in our region. The accident could have been far ... Read more...

Madonna leads rockin' Class of '08

Herald Tribune - The Material Girl is about to become a Hall of Famer. The ever-evolving Madonna was announced as a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee on Thursday along with John Mellencamp, The Ventures, Leonard Cohen and The Dave Clark Five. A panel of 600 ... Read more...

Report describes what led to killing

Herald Tribune - SARASOTA COUNTY -- Co-workers of a woman who shot and killed her manager in June speculated she was abusing prescription drugs when her job performance started slipping. Employees at Dr. Jeffrey Sack's cardiologist office on Bee Ridge Road suspected ... Read more...

State emergency agency wastes funds, lawmakers claim

Herald Tribune - TALLAHASSEE -- Angry lawmakers accused the state's emergency management agency on Thursday of wasteful spending and planning that has resulted in dozens of generators lying in a warehouse instead of being installed at special needs shelters. Sen ... Read more...

Early cash helps charities in crisis

Herald Tribune - A regional group that funds human services charities is making an emergency distribution of funds in a sign of how hard these economic times have hit the area. The Community Foundation of Sarasota County has been a clearinghouse for funds to local ... Read more...

For those wondering about Osama Obama (17)

Herald Tribune - The Mitchell Report names 85 professional baseball players alleged to have used performance-enhancing drugs. Of them, 11 reportedly were clients of Palm Beach Rejuvenation or Signature Pharmacy, Florida businesses associated with Sarasota physician ... Read more...

Charlotte County OKs Babcock Ranch guidelines

Herald Tribune - CHARLOTTE COUNTY -- A developer hopes to start building Babcock Ranch by the end of 2008, after commissioners on Thursday approved a template to guide the planned community's growth for the next three decades. Developer Kitson & Partners plans to ... Read more...