Progress Energy could seek to pass along hundreds of millions of dollars in extra costs to customers because of a massive repair project at a Crystal River nuclear plant.

Top Progress executives held a conference call with Wall Street analysts Tuesday, a day after filing documents with the Florida Public Service Commission and federal officials that outlined the companys decision to repair a containment building at the plant.

Noted political pundit Dick Morris has launched his own polling company and took a poll of 700 likely Republican primary voters on June 18-19. The poll had former Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts out in front of the pack with 23 percent. Like a number of recent polls, U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann placed second but she was tied with a congressional colleague -- U.S. Rep. Ron Paul of Texas. Bachmann and Paul each stood at 12 percent. There was a three-way tie for fourth between former U.S.

Centuries before William James coined the phrase, men have sought a "moral equivalent of war," some human endeavor to satisfy the jingoistic lust of man, without the carnage of war.

The Department of Community Affairs' presence in Southwood would come to an end under tentative plans to move remaining personnel downtown as the agency shuts down, shifts focus and folds into Gov. Rick Scotts newly created economic development engine.