Microsoft has withdrawn its $42.3 billion bid to buy Yahoo, scrapping an attempt to snap up the tarnished Internet icon in hopes of toppling online search and advertising leader Google. ...more

May 4, 2008

GO FISHING is a daily look at the area fishing scene through the eyes of local charter boat captains and fishing guides. Today: Ray Markham. ...more

February 16, 2008

Here are some basic facts about lead poisoning. ...more

December 9, 2007

TAMPA - A University of South Florida health official picked up the ringing phone this morning and told yet another student not to worry about bacterial meningitis. ...more

September 23, 2007

ORLANDO - A third Central Florida death this summer is linked to a freshwater amoeba, the Florida Department of Health has confirmed. ...more

September 8, 2007

TAMPA - A freshwater amoeba suspected in two Central Florida deaths within a month is largely a mystery to doctors because cases of the brain infection it causes are so rare. The Florida Department of Health is investigating the two deaths to see whether the victims died from a rare infection caused by a microscopic creature that lives in every body of freshwater in the state. ...more

September 6, 2007