As people are once again learning, producing vaccines against influenza viruses is not an easy thing. Back in 2004, many will recall, there was a shortage of vaccine for what we have come to call the "seasonal" flu. One of only two pharmaceutical companies still making vaccine at the time had to shut down its production facility in England because of contamination problems. ...more

October 27, 2009

Walter Breuning learned to read by kerosene lantern, remembers his grandfather telling him about fighting in the Civil War, and cast his first presidential ballot for Woodrow Wilson. ...more

July 21, 2009

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band began 2009's live dates in Tampa at the Super Bowl. They return Sept. 12 for a show at the Ford Amphitheatre. ...more

July 15, 2009

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band began 2009's live dates in Tampa at the Super Bowl. They return Sept. 12 for a show at the Ford Amphitheatre. ...more

July 15, 2009

Britney Spears is apologizing to fans after smoky conditions at a concert in Vancouver, Canada, led to a 30-minute delay in her show. ...more

April 9, 2009

A two-vehicle crash on State Road 70, just east of New Pine Ridge Road, took the life of a Lake Placid man at about 9:40 p.m. Monday, according to a Florida Highway Patrol news release. ...more

March 31, 2009

I would like information about my old table that is marked "Val-Kill." My grandfather worked at the factory so it means a lot to me. Please tell me more about the company and the value of the table. ...more

March 22, 2009

A 75-year-old Englishwoman who wandered away from a relative's home in Ruskin might have walked about three miles into a shopping area, the Hillsborough sheriff's office said this morning. ...more

March 12, 2009

What can you tell me about my desk? It is a small piece with a fold-over lid and is only marked with numbers. It is painted. Value? ...more

December 14, 2008

Royal Caribbean's Independence of the Seas, which shares the title of world's largest cruise ship with sister ships Freedom of the Seas and Liberty of the Seas, has reached Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale, from where the ship begin sailing on eastern and western Caribbean itineraries. ...more

November 20, 2008