Nebraska's new "safe-haven" law allowing parents to abandon unwanted children at hospitals with no questions asked is unique in a significant way: It goes beyond babies and potentially permits the abandonment of anyone younger than 19. ...more

August 23, 2008

TAMPA - A woman has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority, claiming that when she was pregnant with twins in 2006, an incident on a HART bus caused her to lose her babies. ...more

August 15, 2008

Day at the water park was highlighted by games, activities and a mermaid show starring County Commissioner Diane Rowden. ...more

August 11, 2008

TAMPA - Two Hillsborough County 911 operators who coached mothers giving birth over the telephone got a chance Thursday to meet and hold the babies they helped bring into the world. ...more

August 7, 2008

C.J. Peck of Tarpon Springs proposes alternative to closing causeway and beach at Fred Howard Park in Tarpon Springs for the entire 2009 summer. ...more

July 26, 2008

Adoption officials said Wednesday that DNA tests indicate a Guatemalan baby reported stolen from her mother was being adopted by a U.S. couple, the first strong sign that the Central American nation's troubled adoption system relied in part on abducted children. ...more

July 24, 2008

Regarding "Jury Finds For Family In Baby's '03 Death" (front page, June 28): ...more

July 2, 2008

The 240 exotic birds flanking the lanai outside Linda and Alan Loehr's place represent what they hope is the beginning of a thriving business. ...more

June 30, 2008

GLOUCESTER, Mass. (AP) - The mayor of Gloucester, Mass. says there is no evidence a group of girls at the city's high school made a pact to become pregnant. ...more

June 23, 2008

NORTH CAROLINA - They aren't America's heaviest newborn twins on record, but they certainly tip the scales: Sean William Maynard and Abigail Rose Maynard weighed in at a combined 23 pounds and 1 ounce at birth this week, a North Carolina hospital announced Friday. ...more

June 22, 2008