TOKYO - A FedEx cargo plane smashed into a runway and burst into a ball of fire while attempting to land at Tokyo's main international airport Monday, killing the American pilot and copilot. Investigators believe wind shear, or a sudden gust of wind, may have been a factor. ...more

March 23, 2009

Don Soldini is a different breed of cat. Today, he's like the older Elvis, a chubby millionaire who unhesitatingly anoints himself "one of the largest landowners in Highlands County," involved in Avon Park Estates, Lake Placid Development and Leisure Lakes Development. ...more

December 19, 2008

The housing of 35 Florida National Guard combat medics and other soldiers in sweltering metal huts during training in Texas was "a bit out of control," says a congressman who wants to know of any similar conditions elsewhere. ...more

August 15, 2008

During his 49 years, he's been proud to be, by turns, a University of South Florida nursing instructor, a disaster relief expert, a physician, a registered nurse, a paramedic, a Navy corpsman and a McDonald's burger-flipper, dreaming of becoming the boss. ...more

July 14, 2008

During his 49 years, he's been proud to be, by turns, a University of South Florida nursing instructor, a disaster relief expert, a physician, a registered nurse, a paramedic, a Navy corpsman and a McDonald's burger-flipper, dreaming of becoming the boss. ...more

July 13, 2008

A U.S. plane ferried relief to Myanmar for the first time Monday to help nearly 2 million cyclone victims facing disease and starvation, but the U.N. chief criticized the military junta for its "unacceptably slow response." ...more

May 13, 2008

Myanmar's monumental task of feeding and sheltering 1.5 million cyclone survivors suffered yet another blow Sunday when a boat laden with relief supplies - one of the first international shipments - sank on its way to the disaster zone. ...more

May 12, 2008

The rulers of cyclone-devastated Myanmar continued to hamper international relief efforts Friday by insisting that supplies were welcome, but foreign aid workers were not. The junta seized two U.N. planes filled with food, saying only the government could distribute supplies. Most aid agencies said they would reject that condition. ...more

May 10, 2008

William Cleary thinks aerial firefighting could become child's play. ...more

November 30, 2007

In a thunderous blast, a cargo plane slammed into an impoverished residential neighborhood in Congo's capital seconds after takeoff Thursday, leaving at least 25 people dead in a smoky wreckage of concrete blocks and twisted debris. ...more

October 5, 2007