Eight Falkenburg Road Jail inmates have been tested for swine flu, but there are no confirmed cases of the illness within the jail, said Col. Jim Previtera of the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. Twenty-four inmates are in respiratory isolation for an array of reasons, from recent travel to Mexico to flulike symptoms to contact with people confirmed to have the swine flu. ...more

August 4, 2009

Seven inmates at the Pinellas County Jail have tested positive for swine flu, officials said Thursday. ...more

July 31, 2009

In the June 22 edition of Highlands Today there is a letter best described as a diatribe submitted by Jerry Nargelovic. The writer should take time to learn the facts before writing such balderdash and he needs to learn that we cannot become isolated from the rest of the world. Global is the word today and not isolation. Incidentally, even the letter heading is incorrect. ...more

June 25, 2009

How we eat can help and how we relate to others can reduce stress, says Paula Owens, holistic nutritionist and author of "The Power of 4." ...more

March 28, 2009

Dear Abby: My boyfriend, "Josh," won't leave me alone. We have been living together for almost a year, and he is the ultimate over-protector. When I start to leave the house to run errands or anything, he stops me and asks, "Where do you think you're going?" When I tell him, he will then follow me to the location. ...more

March 15, 2009

A "substantial" number of the roughly 100,000 U.S. combat troops to be pulled out of Iraq by Aug. 31, 2010, will remain in the war zone through at least the end of this year to ensure national elections there go smoothly, senior Obama administration officials say. ...more

February 27, 2009

The first however-many days of Barack Obama's presidency have been a study in amateurism. ...more

February 14, 2009

In her first interview since giving birth to octuplets, Nadya Suleman tells NBC she wanted a huge family to make up for the isolation she says she always felt as an only child. ...more

February 5, 2009

Four dogs seized from an Auburndale breeder this month are recovering at a Wesley Chapel animal hospital. ...more

September 13, 2008

You're stressed. How do I know? Because my mailbox is overflowing with e-mail from people who are overwhelmed. ...more

August 24, 2008