For 28 years, we have been the closest friends, nurturing each other, being in contact several times daily. I respected her endurance. She was made of strong stuff and suffered my ministrations. Through the years, I always listened for sounds of distress. She was a constant in my life, available, dependable. Like a soul mate, she fed my hungers and slaked my thirsts. ...more

October 15, 2008

Heartbroken at the sudden death of their baby boy, the Yi family struggled to forget what they thought was a tragic twist of fate. They burned his clothes, toys, everything but a single photo and the baby formula he drank. ...more

October 14, 2008

The nation's leading pediatricians group says children from newborns to teens should get double the usually recommended amount of vitamin D because of evidence that it may help prevent serious diseases. ...more

October 13, 2008

Jeffrey Merritt is unemployed with three young children at home, and without much money left, he got desperate, his girlfriend said. The Tampa man was arrested Friday, charged with robbing a Valrico bank. Investigators say he also robbed two in Pinellas County. ...more

October 6, 2008

Tiny traces of melamine, the chemical that has set off a global food safety scare, are not harmful in most foods, except baby formula, government experts said Friday. ...more

October 4, 2008

HONG KONG - A Cadbury spokesman says preliminary results show its Chinese-made chocolates contain the industrial chemical melamine. ...more

September 29, 2008

The list of products caught in China's tainted milk scandal grew Friday to include baby cereal in Hong Kong and snack foods in Japan. Meanwhile, Taiwan reported three children and a mother with kidney stones in the island's first cases possibly linked to the crisis. ...more

September 27, 2008

With one hand, Yang Aiping held her squirming 4-month-old son amid the crowd in the maternity hospital. With the other, she dug through her purse for the near-empty bag of milk powder that she worried had sickened him. ...more

September 26, 2008

HONG KONG - The Hong Kong government says its tests have found melamine in Chinese-made Nestle brand milk. ...more

September 21, 2008

China's food safety crisis widened Friday after the industrial chemical melamine was found in milk produced by three of the country's leading dairy companies - prompting stores, including Starbucks, to yank milk from their shelves. ...more

September 20, 2008