After the Democrats took control of the Congress in 2007, they tried to limit funding on the war in Iraq. Some voters wanted the Democrats to stop the war. When will that happen? Mahoney didn't see it that way: "I don't think that's the right characterization." Instead, he wants President Bush to refocus on the war on terrorism. Mahoney, D-Palm Beach, who was elected to represent Highlands County and the 16th District in the U.S. House of Representatives, spent Friday talking to television stations and newspaper reporters about his first year in Congress. ...more

January 7, 2008

The nation's busiest VA hospital doesn't lack resources or staff. What the James A. Haley VA Medical Center lacks is space, officials say - space for parking, space for more treatment area and space for more beds. ...more

December 5, 2007

The fate of the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery was uncertain this Veterans Day weekend, as the Army has yet to decide whether to replace or repair the 75-year-old monument, which is marred by several large cracks. ...more

November 12, 2007

Retired soldier George Goldsmith is so fond of the 600 acres of twisted underbrush and towering pines on this Army training base, he plans to stay here for eternity. ...more

November 11, 2007

President Bush on Tuesday nominated retired Army Lt. Gen. James Peake to head the Department of Veterans Affairs, which is struggling to make the drastic changes needed to care for the large number of wounded troops returning home from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. ...more

October 31, 2007

A Pinellas County circuit judge on Wednesday gave the mother of John Graziano temporary guardianship of her young Marine son, critically injured in a car crash while wrestler Hulk Hogan's son was at the wheel. ...more

October 11, 2007

ST. PETERSBURG - A Pinellas County circuit judge today gave the mother of John Graziano temporary guardianship of her young Marine son, critically injured in a car crash while wrestler Hulk Hogan's son was at the wheel. ...more

October 10, 2007

Every year, hundreds of people who die in Hillsborough County have no one willing or able to bury them. ...more

October 2, 2007

TAMPA - Every year, hundreds of people who die in Hillsborough County have no one willing or able to bury them. ...more

October 1, 2007