SUNCOAST NEWS STAFF REPORT Doctors have long known cooling is a way to protect body tissue from injury in people suffering heart attacks or similar medical emergencies. The ways doctors have been using to cool patients, however, can take hours to lower body temperature to a level at which tissue is protected. ...more

May 7, 2008

TAMPA -- A fund has been set up for Hannah Werner, a 6-year-old Tampa girl who remains in the intensive care unit at All Children's Hospital after falling into the pool of a friend of her mother's in St. Petersburg. ...more

February 20, 2008

A Pinellas County circuit judge Tuesday ordered a pre-sentence investigation for Nick Bollea, who is accused of seriously injuring a friend in a single-car wreck Aug. 26. ...more

February 19, 2008

CLEARWATER -- A Pinellas County circuit judge this morning ordered a pre-sentence investigation for Nick Bollea, who is accused of seriously injuring a friend in a single-car wreck on Aug. 26. ...more

February 19, 2008

SARASOTA - When 15-year-old Alexandra Pickhardt heard that toys were being recalled because they had lead in them, she wanted to make sure her three younger siblings were safe. ...more

February 18, 2008

Former Indonesian President Suharto, a Cold War ally of the United States whose brutal military regime killed hundreds of thousands of left-wing political opponents, died Sunday. He was 86. ...more

January 28, 2008

Just because you're in the hospital doesn't mean you'll quickly get treated if your heart stops beating. About one-third of patients don't get a potentially lifesaving shock within the recommended two minutes, a new study found. ...more

January 3, 2008

About halfway through the deposition of phony wrestler Dolt Hogan, Pinellas/Pasco Assistant State Attorney Scott Rosenwasser had to be thinking to himself: "This dim bulb has to be dumber than a sack of aardvarks. ...more

December 13, 2007

Timothy Craig Blackwelder, who has been charged with killing a Tampa man, tried to hang himself Sunday night while in custody in Georgia, Tampa police say. ...more

December 11, 2007

TAMPA - Timothy Craig Blackwelder, who has been charged with killing a Tampa man, tried to hang himself Sunday night while in custody in Georgia, Tampa police say. ...more

December 10, 2007