Americans are worried about the fine print in the health care overhaul, an Associated Press poll says, and those concerns are creating new challenges for President Barack Obama as he tries to overcome doubts in Congress. ...more

November 16, 2009

Q. What people are most likely to get the swine flu? Is it people with a history of medical conditions? - Vanessa, Houston, Texas ...more

November 10, 2009

Research With Embryos All of us began life as embryos. Aren't we lucky or blessed that no one put us in a dish and tore us apart in the name of "science"? ...more

March 11, 2009

A World War II hero learned today he won't have to go to prison for what likely would be the rest of his life. ...more

March 3, 2009

A transient turned himself in today, saying he had strangled another man after the pair had spent the day drinking on New Year's Eve, the Pinellas Sheriff's Office said. ...more

January 8, 2009

A five-day effort by law enforcement to target fugitive aliens has resulted in 110 arrests, including 11 in Tampa. The operation was organized by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, and was aimed at illegal immigrants who ignored orders to leave the country. Of the 110 arrested, 81 fell under that category; the remaining 29 had other immigration violations. ...more

December 23, 2008

People who have the AIDS virus should start drug treatments sooner than current guidelines recommend, suggests a large new study that could change the care of hundreds of thousands of Americans. ...more

October 27, 2008

Ten hours a day, every day, Elizabeth Feudale-Bowes confines herself to a steel-and-porcelain shed outside her house. The place is as austere as a prison cell - but it's also her sanctuary from an outside world that she says makes her violently ill. ...more

October 21, 2008

Pat Sovonick hopes to spare other people the pain she suffered after watching her husband die from injuries from falling. ...more

October 8, 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