Dear Abby: Please help me - I am in pieces. My sister is dying of cancer. She has shut me out of her life and has become very hostile toward me. This is breaking my heart, and I don't know how to deal with it. I have done nothing to offend her, and I don't understand why she is acting this way. ...more

July 20, 2008

Dying of cancer, Thomas Amschwand did everything he was told to make sure his wife would collect on the life insurance policy he had through his employer. ...more

July 6, 2008

A veterinarian had been called to examine a 10-year-old Irish wolfhound named Belker. The dog's owners, Ron, his wife, Lisa, and their little boy, Shane, were all very attached to Belker, and they were hoping for a miracle. ...more

February 21, 2008

Sean Hayes has barely had a chance to sit down in the comfy lounge area of the Four Seasons Hotel when a man nervously approaches him. ...more

January 7, 2008

Abraham Lincoln was the rarest of men, and John G. Sotos thinks that extended all the way to his chromosome 10. ...more

November 30, 2007

Penny Carnathan, The Tampa Tribune's assistant features editor, has received a first-place award for narrative feature writing in the American Association ...more

September 30, 2007