Bait Board

LaVergne police are cracking down on businesses that sell alcohol to teenagers. They conducted an undercover sting, where unsuspecting clerks and food servers took the bait.

San Miguel County has a bit of enticing bait for anyone considering launching a new business: 750 square feet of commercial space on the sunny-side of main street, complete with low rent.

Have a good question about the Bucs? The Tampa Tribune's beat writers - Roy Cummings, Anwar Richardson and Ira Kaufman - will answer it.

Oh, mama! Restaurateur Daniel Angerer had a surplus of his wife’s breast milk, so he whipped up a cheese made from it and put it on his menu. “Being a chef, you’re curious about anything in terms of flavor,” he explained. But some are saying: “Eww.” Cheese - Breast milk - Restaurant - Food - Chef

Fishermen protest federal catch limits Dare County fishermen - both recreational and commercial - gathered in the still-dark hours of the morning on Feb. 25 to board a bus heading to Washington, DC, where they joined approximately 5,000 other fishermen, seafood dealers and tackle shop owners from all parts of the country, including Alaska.

The Dare County Board of Commissioners wasn't impressed with a request from Nags Head to support reinstating the one-cent sales tax for beach nourishment.

by Victoria McGrane If there were any question that the stakes are high for financial reform, consider this: Even the Defense Department is getting into the fight. Pentagon brass want a new consumer watchdog agency to regulate auto dealers so they don't rip off troops with predatory sales and shady financing deals. Democrats are hoping it'll be hard for Republicans to oppose something Pentagon ...

A Gloucester fisherman accused of harassing humpback whales on Stellwagen Bank in 2008 reached a plea deal with federal prosecutors yesterday that will see him fined $200. Christopher Jacques of Western Avenue pleaded guilty to two violations of the Marine Mammal Protection Act, but avoided what could have been up to $100,000 in fines and a year in jail if he had been convicted at trial.

Vic Nunez The Florida Book Award is the most comprehensive state book awards program in the nation. The award committee announced the 2009 winners last week. Here are the gold medal winners; view other medalists at floridabookawards.wordpress.com:

Napa River / The flow up here in St. Helena on Monday morning was running mostly green.