The husband and sister of a Gibsonton woman in a persistent vegetative state agreed today that the husband is the woman's guardian, heading off a potential dispute akin to the one involving the late Terri Schiavo. ...more

November 25, 2008

Italy's highest court ruled Thursday in favor of a man's request to disconnect his daughter's feeding tube and allow her to die after 16 years in a vegetative state. ...more

November 14, 2008

A 69-year-old Holiday man gave his ailing wife three sleeping pills last week, hoping she would never wake up again, Pasco County sheriff's officials say. ...more

November 13, 2008

A 69-year-old Holiday man gave his ailing wife three sleeping pills last week, hoping she would never wake up again, Pasco County sheriff's officials say. ...more

November 12, 2008

Betty Owen is 92 and after a stroke four years ago, needs a feeding tube and can't walk. But she was determined not to miss Tuesday's election. She arrived at her polling place on a gurney in an ambulance, where an election judge and support worker climbed aboard with an electronic voting machine and let her cast her ballot. ...more

November 4, 2008

A woman kept alive by a feeding tube since a stroke has died, effectively ending a legal battle between her husband and mother in a case similar to that of Terri Schiavo, whose fate became the subject of national political debate in 2005. ...more

September 19, 2008

WEST PALM BEACH - A woman kept alive by a feeding tube since a stroke has died, effectively ending a legal battle between her husband and mother in a case similar to Terry Schiavo, whose fate became the subject of national political debate in 2005. ...more

September 18, 2008

A judge on Wednesday granted temporary guardianship to the husband of a woman on a feeding tube in a case similar to the lengthy legal dispute over whether Terri Schiavo should be kept alive. ...more

August 28, 2008

Husband gets guardianship in Schiavo-like case ...more

August 27, 2008

A Tennessee woman has been charged with attempted homicide for trying to poison her 4-month-old son at a city hospital by injecting a saltwater solution into his feeding tube, police said. ...more

July 17, 2008