Life is fragile and precious. Each day is a gift to be maximized and treasured, because it could be your last. We all know that, but we tend to forget it until some sobering reminder hits us unaware. Recently, we've taken several direct hits. ...more

March 22, 2009

A spokesman for Ed McMahon says the television personality is in intensive care in a Los Angeles hospital. ...more

February 27, 2009

Gidian Holbrook, 11, had Space Mountain on her mind. But first, she had to stick her leg through that magnet thingie. It would only be about 15 minutes, but to a girl making a short stop on her way to the Magic Kingdom with her family and best friend, it might as well have been 15 hours. ...more

November 15, 2008

This father's tragedy started, as so many do, with the mundane. His boy, a handsome and well-built athlete, injured his arm playing soccer in his native Ecuador. Alex, 15, was tough, but the pain wouldn't go away, and it got worse. ...more

November 15, 2008

Tonight was supposed to be the night. Tonight, in front of a crowd gathered at a $200-a-plate fundraiser for the Pediatric Cancer Foundation, Darcy Leillani Enrille was supposed to get up on the stage at the lush Vinoy Hotel in St. Petersburg to accept this year's "What Drives You?" award from the foundation. ...more

November 14, 2008

Sitting beside a box containing marijuana to alert officers to the drugs inside, Max was every inch the professional pooch Luis Santana always hoped he would be. ...more

June 23, 2008

TAMPA - Sitting beside a box containing marijuana to alert officers to the drugs inside, Max was every inch the professional pooch Luis Santana always hoped he would be. ...more

June 19, 2008

After bone cancer forced the amputation of her right leg below the knee, Eileen Casey got even more bad news: Her insurer told her that she had spent her $10,000 lifetime coverage limit on her temporary limb and that the company wouldn't pay for a permanent one. ...more

June 10, 2008

'Who is ready to die right now?' That's a question 23-year-old Darcy Enrille has asked audiences at speaking engagements for the past several months. ...more

October 29, 2007

'Who is ready to die right now?' That's a question 23-year-old Darcy Enrille has asked audiences at speaking engagements for the past several months. ...more

September 29, 2007