Women’s retailer Chico’s FAS profit more than doubles on increased sales and leaner inventoryFORT MYERS, Fla. — Women’s specialty retailer Chico’s FAS Inc. said Tuesday that its profit more than doubled in the second quarter, helped by stronger sales and a leaner inventory. 1 is very lonely number for New Jersey family that is the sole tenant of Florida highriseFORT MYERS, Fla. — The Vangelakos’ southwest Florida condominium has marble floors, a large pool overlooking a river and modern furnishings that speak of affluence and luxury. What they don’t have in the 32-story building is a single neighbor. Biofuel buzz builds around jatropha tree; backers say it beats ethanol, but some are skepticalFORT MYERS, Fla. — What some see as the biofuel of the future starts out as short, thick stems with a few leaves sticking out at sharp angles. But in just a few years, they will be tall, leafy trees with bright green spherical pods spilling their seeds all over the ground. Fla. homeless man charged with beheading good Samaritan he was staying withFORT MYERS, Fla. — Authorities in south Florida say a homeless man beheaded a good Samaritan who had given him a place to stay. |