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The competition has heated up with more gold-buying businesses in town. Yet, falling prices discourage people from selling — and there was only so much yellow metal out there for locals to sell in the first place.

Increasing the amount of money local governments can get for spring training was a priority for Gov. Rick Scott. The Naples Republican said spring training played an important part in Florida's economic recovery.

Phone carriers for Lifeline, a federal program that subsidizes phone service for qualified low-income households, exposed tens of thousands of applicants to identity theft. How did this happen, and are you and your family at risk?

Phone carriers for Lifeline, a federal program that subsidizes phone service for qualified low-income households, exposed tens of thousands of applicants to identity theft.. What can concerned applicants or clients do to protect themselves?

Two Collier men, both in their 20s, were sent to prison a month apart for possessing child pornography. One will be out in less than five years. The other may never get out. Find out why some say the discrepancy ...

As a whole nationally, the infant mortality rate has declined 12 percent from 2005 through 2011. Collier's is down and local medical officials offer analysis of the trend.

Sterlin Misener's home was once a target of thieves, who thought they could find large amounts of marijuana inside. In 2009, Misener shot and killed a teen who he said was burglarizing his trailer. Is Misener's drug arrest this week ...

Naples-Marco Island boasts the fourth-lowest unemployment rate in the state, according to April numbers released Friday.

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