It's a tempting offer: Free prescription medications for people who need them the most - the poor, the uninsured, the homeless. Families of people who have died from diabetes, Alzheimer's or Parkinson's disease call the Judeo Christian Health Clinic in Tampa every week hoping to donate leftover medications. Some bottles are full or hardly used and bear price tags in the hundreds of dollars. But the clinic's executive director, Kelly Nelson, must decline. "We can't use them," she says, "Unfortunately." ...more

May 30, 2008

TAMPA - An 83-year-old woman with Alzheimer's used spoons to jimmy the lock of the house she was in while her caretaker was at church today, police say. ...more

May 18, 2008

Let's see if we've got this straight. The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Affairs is drafting regulations to deter deception in the buying and selling of horses. ...more

February 23, 2008

As he watched tape of N.C. State in his office on Friday, Florida State coach Leonard Hamilton saw more of the Wolfpack than he wanted. ...more

January 26, 2008

As La Salle's lead began to grow in the second half, reaching nine with 7:13 left in the game, Florida State senior guard Ralph Mims began to have flashbacks. They were the kind of memories Mims would rather toss away forever, such as an overtime loss to Cleveland State and a one-point loss to South Florida earlier this season. ...more

January 6, 2008

TAMPA - Two men accused of selling hydrocodone over the Internet were indicted by the U.S. Attorney's Office on Friday. ...more

December 21, 2007

LAKELAND - An afternoon standoff in a quiet north Lakeland neighborhood ended peacefully with the arrest of a fugitive who escaped from a police car after an arrest several months ago, Lakeland police said. ...more

December 19, 2007

LAKELAND - Nineteen Great Danes were removed from deplorable living conditions on Tuesday and a couple was charged with animal cruelty, the Polk County Sheriff Office said. ...more

December 19, 2007

As Steven Green remains incapacitated in a New York hospital, a team of managers is working to prevent collapse of the real estate investor's company before he can pay more than $4 million in court-ordered restitution. ...more

December 11, 2007

Infectious-disease expert David Gilbert was making rounds at the Providence Portland Medical Center in Oregon in April when he realized that an unusual number of patients, including young, vigorous adults, were being hit by a frightening pneumonia. ...more

December 11, 2007