A candlelight vigil will be held tonight for Lexi Antorino, a 2-year-old Palmetto girl who has been in a coma since an unanchored swing set collapsed on her Sunday. ...more

December 12, 2007

U.S. troops fired on vehicles at checkpoints in Baghdad and northern Iraq, killing a child and at least four other people, the military command said Tuesday. It also said it was checking a report an American patrol shot at civilian cars near a Baghdad bridge, killing two Iraqis. ...more

November 28, 2007

The U.S. military on Saturday blamed the deadly bombing of a pet market in Baghdad on Iranian-backed Shiite militants, raising concerns that escalating activity by Shiite extremists could jeopardize a relative calm that has offered new hopes for Iraqis after years of turmoil. ...more

November 25, 2007

Bombers struck a pet market in central Baghdad and a police checkpoint in the northern city of Mosul on Friday, killing 28 people in two of the deadliest attacks in weeks. ...more

November 24, 2007

Rapper 50 Cent said Kayne West is making the right decision by returning to the stage after his mother's sudden death. ...more

November 22, 2007

SEBRING — A Sebring man remained in Highlands County Jail in lieu of $500,000 bail Wednesday, charged with aggravated battery on a child, in connection with injuries to a 3-month-old girl. The baby, Alexa Hall, later died at St. Joseph's Hospital. ...more

November 14, 2007

Violent deaths of U.S. troops and Iraqi civilians appear to have fallen sharply in Iraq in October, according to the latest Associated Press tally. ...more

November 1, 2007

When local protests stymied plans to build Wesley Chapel's first hospital in a mostly residential area off traffic-clogged State Road 54, hospital officials said they would go back to the drawing board. ...more

October 25, 2007

A Pasco County mother remained in critical condition this morning after she and her 2-year-old were struck by a vehicle Friday night. ...more

October 13, 2007

LAND O' LAKES - University Community Hospital has received preliminary approval for a 50-bed, long-term, acute-care facility at a planned medical park in the Connerton community of central Pasco County. ...more

October 9, 2007