Scientists at Mote Marine Laboratory in Sarasota are celebrating the return of a shark tag after more than a decade out at sea. The time between tagging and recapture is a new record for the 17-year-old program. WGCU's Luis Hernandez has more.

It’s no secret the price of groceries and gasoline has gone up significantly in the last year. The economic news is gloomy and seems to get worse every day. And for many people, including senior citizens living on fixed incomes in Southwest Florida – the reality of the economic downturn has filtered into their day to day lives. WGCU’s Valerie Alker prepared this report.

It’s no secret the price of groceries and gasoline has gone up significantly in the last year. The economic news is gloomy and seems to get worse every day. And for many people, including senior citizens living on fixed incomes in Southwest Florida – the reality of the economic downturn has filtered into their day to day lives. WGCU’s Valerie Alker prepared this report.

After more than a decade of stops and starts - a memorial to southwest Floridians who died in the Vietnam War is being unveiled this weekend near the foot of the Midpoint Bridge in Fort Myers. WGCU’s Mike Kiniry reports.

Florida Senator Bill Nelson is trying to negotiate with the Democratic National Committee to resolve Florida’s primary battle with the national party. Sara Sciammacco has more from Washington.

With the real estate market in free fall some home builders are using unique techniques to sell homes. WGCU’s Luis Hernandez reports on a southwest Florida contractor who reverted back to an incentive he used thirty years ago…and it’s working.

On Wednesday Florida’s Republican governor Charlie Crist and his Democratic counterpart in Michigan called on their parties’ national committees to seat their delegates to the nominating convention. Trimmel Gomes reports.

The Anti-Defamation League is reporting a significant national decline in anti-Semitic incidents around the U.S. - and a dramatic drop in Florida. Doug Phillips reports.

More than 200-thousand people die of Cardiac Arrest each year. About a quarter of these deaths could have been prevented if an Automated External Defibrillator - or AED – had been used immediately. The Senate Judiciary Committee heard a bill Wednesday that would allow the AED to be used in public areas and schools. Lynn Hatter has the story.

BIG Arts on Sanibel presents a Pulitzer Prize winning one man show Thursday night that tells the true story of the mysterious, eccentric Charlotte von Mahlsdorf. The museum curator transvestite survived Nazi and Communist rule. Amy Tardif spoke with the man playing von Mahlsdorf...