Investigators began gathering pieces of the incinerated wreckage of a commuter airliner early Saturday in search of clues to the cause of the fiery crash that killed 50 people. ...more

February 14, 2009

For a linguistics professor to lose his hearing must be a special kind of living hell. Desmond Bates finds his entire life is changed as he decides he must retire early. "Deaf Sentence" by David Lodge is a funny, yet tragic picture, of Desmond's new life learning to cope with insufficient information. An attractive young American graduate student professes she wants his advice on her thesis, but Desmond is not sure that is all she wants. And his inability to communicate rationally gets him into all types of embarrassing social and professional situations. Then, too, he also has to cope with his 89-year-old father who is refusing to leave his familiar world, though he is really not able to manage on his own. Desmond struggles to juggle his past and current life and is forced to accept the realities of aging and mortality. ...more

February 11, 2009

It started when Greg Berg was trying to identify an aviator whose remains were discovered in Laos. ...more

November 17, 2008

Techniques Greg Berg developed to help identify the remains of missing military personnel is also being used to convict criminals. ...more

November 14, 2008

TAMPA - The University of South Florida anthropology department is analyzing a human skull found near the Courtney Campbell Parkway on Saturday. ...more

June 30, 2008

Crime scene technician Maria Ramirez crouched inside a hole about 2 feet deep, skimming a trowel across the dirt and the roots at the bottom. ...more

December 14, 2007

SEFFNER - Investigators hope auburn hair, gold teeth and dental records lead them to the identity of the person whose skeletal remains a construction crew unearthed Monday. ...more

September 25, 2007

A woman who helps students go to college with their 'posse,' a psychiatrist who treats combat veterans and a museum director on Alaska's Kodiak Island are among the 24 winners of this year's MacArthur Foundation 'genius grants.' ...more

September 25, 2007