Each pet on this page once belonged to someone who either abandoned or could no longer care for it. ...more

November 11, 2009

Tricks and treats are not just for kids - at least not at the Boo Bash. ...more

November 4, 2009

The man who watches over the $700 billion in government money given to banks and other institutions to avert a financial collapse said Wednesday he thinks it's too early to say how much will be repaid to the taxpayers. ...more

October 21, 2009

Pooches and their owners are invited to a scary-good Halloween event in South Shore. ...more

October 21, 2009

South African authorities shot dozens of exhausted whales that beached on a shore near South Africa's storm-lashed southern tip Saturday amid scenes of grief and despair from volunteers who had tried to save them. ...more

May 31, 2009

LAND O' LAKES - Cathy Edmisten was so happy she danced a jig near a nurse's station. ...more

March 22, 2009

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner could announce as soon as Monday his much-anticipated plan to get toxic assets off the books of the country's struggling banks, administration and industry officials said. ...more

March 21, 2009

The U.S. government will exchange up to $25 billion in emergency bailout money that it provided Citigroup Inc. for as much as a 36 percent equity stake in the struggling bank, greatly increasing the risks to taxpayers as voter unhappiness about the broader bailout program rises. ...more

February 28, 2009

While most of the nation watched in awe as all 155 passengers and crew were plucked safely from a floating jetliner in the Hudson River on Thursday afternoon, officials with Tampa Fire Rescue observed with a critical eye. ...more

January 16, 2009

Thursday's emergency landing of a jetliner in New York's Hudson River is another example of how dangerous birds can be to aircraft, but Tampa International Airport officials say the airport has taken numerous steps to prevent a similar crash from happening here. ...more

January 16, 2009