Following a medical examination by nurses from the school district, all 15 Freedom High track and field athletes have been cleared to compete in Friday's Class 3A state track championships, Freedom athletic director Eli Thomas said. ...more

May 7, 2009

Following a medical examination by nurses from the school district, all 15 Freedom High School track and field athletes have been cleared to compete in Friday's Class 3A state track championships, Freedom athletic director Eli Thomas said today. ...more

May 6, 2009

Under general anesthesia and attended by a half-dozen people, Phil is getting his teeth cleaned. ...more

March 3, 2009

Under general anesthesia and attended by a half-dozen people, Phil is getting his teeth cleaned. Phil is a retired racing greyhound and today's subject for clinical practice at St. Petersburg College. The school operates one of about 150 veterinary technician programs across the nation. Hillsborough Community College offers another. ...more

March 2, 2009

IRA KAUFMAN'S POWER RANKINGS 1. Giants. Hey, Plaxico: Leave the gun. Take the cannoli. ...more

December 2, 2008

Alex Shevgert was convicted today of all counts by a jury that found him responsible for orchestrating attacks on his parents-in-law because they cut him off financially. ...more

November 14, 2008

A woman says she waited 19 hours at Parkland Memorial Hospital's emergency department for treatment of a broken leg and never did get to see a doctor - but still got a bill for $162. ...more

October 22, 2008

Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum is committed to helping Martin Lee Anderson's family continue any investigation into the teen's death, according to a statement released by McCollum and family attorney Benjamin Crump today. Anderson, 14, died after being restrained and struck by drill instructors at a Panhandle boot camp while a nurse looked on, occasionally checking his vital signs. The confrontation was captured by a surveillance camera. ...more

November 13, 2007

One of the best stories from David Reutimann's Busch Series victory Oct. 27 at Memphis didn't get much attention. The special flame paint scheme on Reutimann's Aaron's Sales and Lease-sponsored Toyota was designed by Wiley King, an 18-year-old man from Mississippi who has a slow-growing brain tumor called a craniopharyngioma. King's design was chosen as part of the St. Jude Children's Hospital "Design A Dream" contest. ...more

November 9, 2007

Dozens of people from the Bay area boarded buses to Tallahassee this morning to protest the not guilty verdict given seven drill instructors and a nurse charged in the death of 14-year-old Martin Lee Anderson after he collapsed at a Bay County boot camp in 2006. ...more

October 23, 2007