Manatee County authorities have found a mother and her two young girls they said may be the victims of child abuse. ...more

October 26, 2008

For better or for worse, we are a society molded by numbers. ...more

October 25, 2008

Pope Benedict XVI gave World War II pontiff Pius XII a push toward possible sainthood Thursday and defended his memory from accusations that he did little to spare Jews from the Holocaust. ...more

October 10, 2008

One feels insulted for being called a liar. The other thinks he is being publically discredited. ...more

October 10, 2008

In 1962, Judy Ortiz, a child of Puerto Rican immigrants, was born into homelessness in lower Manhattan of New York City. Her mother was homeless as a consequence of her father's drug addiction. ...more

October 6, 2008

A Maine TV news anchor who bears a resemblance to the Republican vice presidential nominee says she's been getting "hate mail and nasty phone calls" from viewers who think she's trying to copy Sarah Palin's signature style. ...more

September 24, 2008

The 30-year-old son of a Florida congressman was charged with smuggling illegal immigrants after federal authorities found people hidden in his truck during a border inspection Sunday in Arizona. ...more

September 17, 2008

President Robert Mugabe agreed to share power with the opposition Thursday after more than two decades as Zimbabwe's unchallenged leader, South Africa's president announced. ...more

September 12, 2008

Eloise Mudway was 83 and facing the prospect of living the rest of her life alone when she let Cynthia and Joseph Clancy move in to her Hilltop Drive home. ...more

August 30, 2008

A meeting was scheduled to take place at Pristine Place earlier this month. ...more

August 28, 2008