TAMPA - A newly released video showing a detention deputy striking an inmate proves the recent dumping of a paralyzed man out of his wheelchair by another detention deputy was part of a pattern of abuse at the Orient Road Jail, the inmate's attorney said Monday. ...more

February 18, 2008

Epilepsy drugs used by millions of people may increase the risk of suicidal thoughts or behavior, the Food and Drug Administration warned Thursday in an alert to doctors. ...more

February 1, 2008

In November, Dan Lombard and Ernest Garcia Sr. were fans at a Jesuit High School football game. They didn't know each other, but their lives were about to intersect in a powerful way. ...more

January 18, 2008

TAMPA - In November, Dan Lombard and Ernest Garcia Sr. were fans at a Jesuit High School football game. They didn't know each other and had no idea their lives were about to intersect in a powerful way. As Lombard, a driver engineer for the Tampa Fire Department, left the game, he saw a car run through a stop sign. Lombard, off duty, followed the car as it pulled off to the side of the road. That's when Lombard saw that the driver, Garcia, was having a seizure. ...more

January 17, 2008

Authorities have seized dozens of animals and charged 18 men from four states with releasing trapped foxes, coyotes and bobcats into fenced enclosures to be chased down by dogs. ...more

November 14, 2007

Countrywide Financial Corp., the nation's largest mortgage lender, said Tuesday it will begin calling borrowers to offer refinancing or modifications on $16 billion in loans whose interest rate is set to adjust by the end of 2008. Its shares fell more than 4 percent. ...more

October 23, 2007

Lately, I've been up close and personal with an inordinate number of Florida wildlife. Some of those encounters have been pleasant, some not. And that got me to thinking about why we react as we do to "all creatures great and small," including people. I've spent many mornings admiring the beautiful sandhill cranes, storks, and ibis that are tame as pets around here. I've watched a bald eagle swoop low overhead then soar to its nest atop a dead tree. ...more

October 21, 2007

Several students were hailed as heroes Friday after taking control of a school bus when the driver suffered a seizure and lost control. ...more

October 13, 2007

State university health directors are urging a change in state law to require that all new students be vaccinated against bacterial meningitis. ...more

September 27, 2007

State university health directors are urging a change in state law to require that all new students be vaccinated against bacterial meningitis. The directors met in Tallahassee today to talk about how best to protect students against the infection, which killed a University of South Florida sophomore on Monday. Current law allows students to opt out of the vaccine and health directors say that's a problem. They want the state's university oversight board to seek a change in the law that allows only few exemptions, such as medical or religious. ...more

September 26, 2007