A woman who says she was the first female firefighter and paramedic for St. Petersburg has filed a federal lawsuit against the city charging gender discrimination. ...more

September 26, 2008

David Haas, the former chief executive of Crispers restaurants, was sentenced this morning to two years in federal prison for embezzling more than $400,000 from his company. ...more

September 26, 2008

A man with a 33-year-long criminal record who talked in secretly recorded conversations about two slayings and other crimes may not be mentally competent to stand trial, his defense attorney says in a court filing. ...more

September 3, 2008

The fall into a rice paddy from an Army helicopter left Eugene Hairston's body intact, but 40 years later, his spirit is still recovering. ...more

August 23, 2008

Wider use of antidepressants and other prescription medications has reduced the role of psychotherapy, once the defining characteristic of psychiatric care, according to an analysis published Monday. ...more

August 5, 2008

They gave sheets and towels, plates and silverware. Some pledged beds and couches. Others parted with cash or volunteered their time. ...more

July 22, 2008

You, Master Rall, either suffer from a hyperinflated ego or are inured by a consumptive cynicism. You blaspheme the service of more than 8,000,000 Americans who served honorably in Vietnam. As I read your warped diatribe, it occurs to me you are among the children we fought for in the steaming undergrowth of Southeast Asia and the frozen wastes of North Korea, not to mention the sands and deprivations of Iraq and Afghanistan. ...more

July 19, 2008

A new veterans center will open in Pasco County by the end of next year. ...more

July 11, 2008

to silence, peace and death. ...more

July 11, 2008

Hernando County veterans in need of counseling services will no longer have to drive to Tampa once a new center opens in Pasco County by the end of next year. ...more

July 10, 2008