Too much idle time, and you're boosting the odds you'll develop problems ranging from obesity to cardiovascular disease. ...more

March 25, 2009

When his fastball explodes through the strike zone, when his paralyzing slider causes a batter's knees to buckle, it's difficult to show restraint about the future of Rays rookie pitcher David Price. ...more

March 1, 2009

State laws meant to keep teens out of indoor tanning booths haven't made a dent, a new study has found, disappointing doctors hoping to reduce deadly skin cancers. ...more

December 8, 2008

Missing your guns? Lost your laptop? Hillsborough County deputies might have them. The sheriff's office will hold a viewing within a month so people can reclaim some of the nearly $1.5 million in stolen items recovered during a recent sting operation, Maj. Paul Davis said. No official date has been set for the viewing. ...more

September 19, 2008

Missing your guns? Lost your laptop? Hillsborough County deputies might have them. The sheriff's office will hold a viewing within a month so people can reclaim some of the nearly $1.5 million in stolen items recovered during a recent sting operation, Maj. Paul Davis said. No official date has been set for the viewing. ...more

September 18, 2008

The virus that caused the worldwide Spanish flu pandemic of 1918 was so powerful it killed an estimated 50 million people. So perhaps it should come as no surprise that it produced some powerful antibodies against it. ...more

September 3, 2008

Eight Boy Scouts from Troop 53 at Palma Ceia United Methodist Church will receive their Eagle rank at a Court of Honor at 3 p.m. Saturday at the church. ...more

August 6, 2008

The economy is tough on drug dealers too, investigators learned as part of a sweeping probe of two trafficking networks stretching from Texas and Georgia to Fort Myers and the Bay area. ...more

July 24, 2008

A five-month drug investigation targeting two drug-trafficking groups and four distribution cells throughout the state has culminated with nearly two dozen arrests this morning, officials said. Tampa and Plant City police, federal authorities and the sheriff's offices in Hillsborough, Pasco and Lee counties cooperated in the investigation. Forty-one people have been arrested. ...more

July 23, 2008

"New Ways to Diagnose Autism Earlier" read a recent headline in the Wall Street Journal. There is no question that you can diagnose anything as early as you want. The real question is whether the diagnosis will turn out to be correct. ...more

July 17, 2008