Pinellas County has its first official swine flu-related death. The patient was a 36-year-old man and, as with many of the swine flu fatalities, had an underlying health condition. The health department learned Monday he had tested positive for swine flu, but it has released few other details, including his name or when he died, because of patient privacy concerns. ...more

August 11, 2009

Kid Rock is helping an Ohio pizza delivery driver critically injured during a robbery. ...more

August 7, 2009

A 63-year-old man was taken by Aeromed to Holmes Regional Medical Center in Melbourne after being injured in a one-vehicle accident Wednesday on Arbuckle Creek Road. ...more

August 7, 2009

Health officials today confirmed the fourth swine flu-related death in Hillsborough County. ...more

August 6, 2009

A 25-year-old man was arrested Wednesday in connection with an armed robbery that happened early Tuesday, the Dade City Police Department said. ...more

August 6, 2009

Reeling from the worst attack ever aimed at homosexuals in Israel, members of the country's gay community and their supporters rallied Sunday in the heart of Tel Aviv a day after a masked gunman killed two people at a center for gay youth and escaped. ...more

August 3, 2009

Deputies arrested a 27-year-old man Saturday night on a charge of beating another man with an 8-foot-long metal flagpole. ...more

August 2, 2009

A 33-year-old man was arrested Saturday after authorities found a possible pipe bomb in a stolen pickup he was occupying, the Pasco County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

August 2, 2009

Police say two pet baby snakes escaped from a 20-year-old man's pants pockets as he was driving, leading to a car crash in Hartford, Conn. ...more

July 28, 2009

A 41-year-old man was shot in the upper thigh during a home invasion at his Bradenton home this morning, Manatee County deputies say. Jorge Santaella was flown to Bayfront Medical Center in St. Petersburg for treatment. ...more

July 27, 2009