DALWORTHINGTON GARDENS — Lynn and Cynthia Remsing have a 7-acre front yard in this small, increasingly affluent Tarrant County city now dotted with $1 million mansions.

What started out as an after-school project by their two children has evolved into the Remsings’ livelihood. They produce tons of commercially rare — or just plain delicious — varieties of onions, garlic, okra, seedless tomatoes, corn, leeks, artichokes, rhubarb, blackberries and strawberries. » read more

ANCHORAGE — Police say a former employee of an Anchorage-based environmental and conservation group has stolen $100,000 from the nonprofit.

Police say the theft took place over several months. All of the group's paid employees had to take a furlough as a result of the crimes, police said. Some workers lost their jobs. » read more

MIAMI — Twice last year, tens of thousands of visitors were ordered to leave the Florida Keys when far-off tropical storms threatened. Both Fay and Ike wound up as little more than blustery side-swipes.

While they stress public safety remains top priority, the county's emergency management chief and top administrator are considering tweaking the long-standing policy of ordering visitors to pack up every time the Keys fall into the National Hurricane Center's dreaded "cone of uncertainty.'' » read more