Pain needs a voice. We describe what hurts to the doctor and he gives us a prescription to fix it, or tells us what to do. Saying what hurts us makes it possible to get well, and we're all good at describing the symptoms. "I have a sharp pain on the left side of my stomach." "I see bright wavy lines that dance around for a few minutes and then my head throbs." ...more

March 18, 2009

Authorities say a Bradenton man was pretending to be a doctor when he stopped a woman in the hospital parking lot and rubbed her stomach and thighs on March 10. ...more

March 13, 2009

The pain began in my stomach about an hour after dinner and sat there like an exhausted runner taking a rest. It never moved, it never grew. It felt permanent and that felt scary. ...more

March 4, 2009

A 14-year-old Seffner boy shot Monday night doesn't appear to have been the intended victim, Hillsborough County deputies said today. Sauvallie Hagins, of 5005 Claymore Drive, was shot about 8:32 p.m. at the Claymore Estates apartment complex as he was taking out the trash. ...more

February 24, 2009

Deputies say a man gave a girl a CD containing photographs of him masturbating. ...more

February 16, 2009

An intoxicated woman punched her boyfriend in front of deputies on Sunday, then went berserk when they tried to arrest her, a report shows. ...more

February 16, 2009

Deputies say a man gave a girl a CD containing photographs of him masturbating. ...more

February 16, 2009

Naked and injured from a blow to the head with a jack handle, a man still tangled with his acquaintances and later, the deputies who arrested him, the Manatee County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

February 8, 2009

Lisa Ann Houghtalin pulled her mother's hair, kicked her in the stomach, choked her and threw a coffee cup into a 52-inch television, causing $1,200 damage Wednesday afternoon, Hillsborough County deputies say. ...more

February 5, 2009

Gabriel Hurles' sixth birthday party wasn't a surprise, but his present sure was. ...more

January 29, 2009