Twenty-six operations put healthy kidneys into 13 desperately ill people: Doctors in the nation's capital just performed a record-setting kidney swap, part of a pioneering effort to expand transplants to patients who too often don't qualify. ...more

December 15, 2009

The Christmas season is when I reach out to all the people who have been special in my life. Whether by writing Christmas cards, sending e-mail greetings, or sharing hugs, I'm always reminded of how blessed I am to have my wonderful friends. Henry Adams said, "One true friendship in a lifetime is much; two are many; three are hardly possible." If true friendship is that rare, just what makes people "friends?" ...more

December 13, 2009

Conga Caliente drew food and music lovers to Al Lopez Park in Tampa on Sunday for a free celebration of Latin American culture. The third annual event, put on by Tampa Parks and Recreation and Coda Sound, included performances by international salsa favorite Rey Ruiz, and Tito Rojas, named Puerto Rico's Best Salsa Artist. Dominoes tournaments, cigar rolling and plenty of ethnic foods were available, along with information on health care and finances. ...more

November 2, 2009

Regulars gather to play intense games of dominoes and rummy while they chatter about life and politics and reconnect to a social scene no longer commonplace in Tampa. ...more

February 25, 2009

and that's an if in bold, capital letters - the weather dominoes line up just right, folks from Tampa Bay to Brooksville might stand a chance of seeing some snow tonight. ...more

January 20, 2009

If -- and that's an if in bold-face, capital letters – the weather dominoes line up just right, folks from Tampa Bay to Brooksville stand a chance of seeing some snow Tuesday night. It wouldn't be heavy, certainly not something from a Currier and Ives painting, but there is a chance for some flurries, said Paul Close, National Weather Service meteorologist. ...more

January 19, 2009

A lot of dominoes had to topple to trigger the cannonade of collisions a year ago today that turned a rural stretch of Interstate 4 into a vision from some level of hell. ...more

January 9, 2009

A lot of dominoes had to topple to trigger the cannonade of collisions a year ago Friday that turned a rural stretch of Interstate 4 into a vision from some level of hell. ...more

January 8, 2009

A masked man trying to rob a group of people playing dominoes Sunday afternoon shot one person before running from the scene, according to Tampa police. ...more

December 28, 2008

Authorities say the 10-month-old son of a Miami Springs police dispatcher was killed when caught in gunfire aimed at a group of men playing dominoes. ...more

December 15, 2008