TAMPA - To improve boater safety, Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office marine unit deputies are offering volunteer boat safety inspections Saturday at Williams Park boat ramp in Riverview. ...more

June 27, 2008

South Tampa mom Amber Peck can still remember when her infant son contracted rotavirus. ...more

May 31, 2008

Daniel Garza never wavered and never panicked Sunday. Not when he trailed 3-0 or had to erase a trio of set points against him. Once he finally did win the first set, he never let Marcus Fugate back into the match. ...more

May 19, 2008

CHICAGO - A Chicago-based company has recalled an "undetermined amount of beef products" distributed in 11 states, including Florida, due to an E. coli scare, federal officials announced Saturday. ...more

May 18, 2008

Ambulance drivers are spending more time jockeying through traffic this time of year thanks to a spike in flu patients who require emergency medical care. ...more

February 24, 2008

What's New: Alternative Energy Drinks The massive energy drink industry keeps getting bigger. Nearly every day there's a new competitor. While Red Bull and similar items push the virtues of caffeine for that added boost, healthier options promote vitamin content or a lack of chemicals or sugar. One common thread: it seems every one of them wants to be the most "EXTREME' drink out there. Here's two of the latest: ...more

February 22, 2008

JUMPS: SKIN CARES, Page Exfoliation brings back the glow. ...more

December 31, 2007

CLERMONT — Laura and Jim Griffin competed in the Central Florida Challenge, a half-iron distance triathlon in Clermont, on Saturday, October 20th. The actual distances were: 1.2-mile swim, 58-mile bike ride and a 13.1-mile run. The day started out in heavy rain and wind, lending a choppy swim and making the bike course more challenging, but bringing with it temperatures a few degrees cooler than expected. The new and longer bike course was a lot hillier than the previous 56 mile course had been. There were quite a few crashes in some of the wet downhill turns. ...more

October 25, 2007

Singing and dancing despite exhaustion, the last of 3,200 miners trapped deep underground for more than a day emerged safely Thursday night, delivering a happy ending but raising questions about the safety of South Africa's important gold mines. ...more

October 5, 2007

A woman who spent eight days trapped in a wrecked vehicle has severe injuries, but her brain function is normal and she can move her arms and legs, her physician said Friday. ...more

September 29, 2007