The surgeons at Florida Veterinary Specialists in Clearwater deal with a wide assortment of animal maladies. Wednesday, it was the eye of the tiger. ...more

October 29, 2009

We're glad to see government and community leaders working together to come up with new ideas to help spur the gloomy economy in Hernando County. ...more

February 14, 2009

When I was working long, hard hours in my career, the doctor told me my medical woes were due to stress. Then when I retired and gained quite a bit of weight -- understatement of the year -- my aches and pains were due to being overweight, according to the Doc. Now the doctors are starting to use the "O" word, OLD, as the cause of my maladies. ...more

December 17, 2008

As she was about to report to federal prison last week, former lottery multimillionaire Rhoda Toth checked into a Pasco hospital with anxiety and panic attacks. ...more

October 6, 2008

The best way to sanely experience the tunnel of an MRI machine is to keep your eyes closed. I did that for the longest time before curiosity got the best of me. I opened them for an instant, freaked out and shut them again quickly. The white wall of the machine seemed 2 inches from my face, even though it wasn't really that close. ...more

June 21, 2008

For a few minutes following the Rays' group stretching exercises Wednesday morning, the team's infielders and outfielders did some running. They weren't sprints, and they covered about 100 feet each way, repeated a few times. ...more

February 20, 2008