Fifth-grader Jordan Brown boarded the bus and headed to school like he does most other mornings in this rural western Pennsylvania community. ...more

February 22, 2009

When the first of many loud alarms sounded on the space shuttle Columbia, the seven astronauts had about a minute to live, though they didn't know it. ...more

December 31, 2008

A new NASA report says that the seat restraints, suits and helmets of the doomed crew of the space shuttle Columbia didn't work well, leading to "lethal trauma" as the out-of-control ship broke apart, killing all seven astronauts. ...more

December 30, 2008

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

Tonight was supposed to be the night. Tonight, in front of a crowd gathered at a $200-a-plate fundraiser for the Pediatric Cancer Foundation, Darcy Leillani Enrille was supposed to get up on the stage at the lush Vinoy Hotel in St. Petersburg to accept this year's "What Drives You?" award from the foundation. ...more

November 14, 2008

One night was all it took to steal 40 years of Buford White's life. ...more

June 19, 2008

CASE HEADED FOR DISMISSAL TODAY ...more

June 18, 2008

AVON PARK — Were it not for a school worker, a doughnut would have almost killed an Avon Park Middle School student. A group of Avon Park Middle students decided to make a game out of a doughnut treat and dared each other to swallow one in one go. Melvin Prewitt stuffed one in his mouth. In a moment, it got stuck in his throat, and Prewitt started to turn blue from a lack of oxygen. ...more

June 11, 2008

The best moon phase during the Florida summer is the first quarter. ...more

June 11, 2008

'Who is ready to die right now?' That's a question 23-year-old Darcy Enrille has asked audiences at speaking engagements for the past several months. ...more

October 29, 2007