Bettie Page, a 1950s pinup model who helped set the stage for the 1960s sexual revolution, has died. She was 85. ...more

December 12, 2008

Bettie Page, the 1950s secretary-turned-model whose controversial photographs in skimpy attire or none at all helped set the stage for the 1960s sexual revolution, died Thursday. She was 85. ...more

December 12, 2008

Police think 4-year-old Zineah Taylor Johnson was beaten with several objects covered with duct tape -- including an electrical cord, a spatula and possibly a coat hanger — before her grandfather and her grandfather's girlfriend took her lifeless body to Northside Hospital in August. ...more

December 3, 2008

Relief workers are still finding mountain villages destroyed in the earthquake in southwestern Pakistan that have yet to receive aid, the Red Cross said Saturday. ...more

November 2, 2008

Flu and pneumonia immunizations will be offered to the public at county senior centers - including the Lutz Senior Center - at various times this month. ...more

October 8, 2008

Jaguars offensive tackle Richard Collier, shot while sitting in a car outside an apartment complex earlier this month, is paralyzed below the waist and his left leg was amputated, his doctor said Monday. ...more

September 30, 2008

How do you measure loss? How do you deal with it? ...more

September 19, 2008

Michael E. Long loved history and had a special fondness for teaching his students about the Civil War and the Lincoln assassination. Somehow, he managed to do that without taking sides in the conflict that still sparks arguments more than 140 years after it was fought. "He was always objective," said Kelvin Faison, a friend and colleague of Long's at Pasco-Hernando Community College. "He was always intelligent that way." Long, 58, an associate professor of history and political science at PHCC, died Friday from complications associated with pneumonia, the college reported. ...more

September 15, 2008

A pygmy killer whale undergoing rehabilitation at a Sarasota dolphin and whale hospital has died. ...more

September 4, 2008

The founder of Japanese steakhouse Benihana, Rocky Aoki, has died after complications from cancer. He was 69. ...more

July 12, 2008