With her shy and soft-spoken demeanor, 11-year-old Riane Lisnock reminds you of Dorothy from "The Wizard of Oz." ...more

June 15, 2008

Phillip and Andamantia Rivers often had neighbor Andreas Pieri over for dinner while his wife was out of town. Now the couple find themselves being blamed for his death. ...more

June 13, 2008

Regarding "Exhaustion A Fear As Schools Fit In Fitness" (Metro, June 10): More than twice as many children are overweight today compared to 1980. If this trend continues, this generation may be the first to not outlive their parents. ...more

June 12, 2008

If you have a sudden heart attack, it's not very likely a bystander will attempt CPR or use an automated external defibrillator to save your life. ...more

June 6, 2008

It's the No. 1 health threat to women in America: heart disease. And it's making students at the International Academy of Design & Technology in Tampa see red - in a good way. ...more

June 6, 2008

MOLINO - An elementary school teacher retiring after a 36-year career died of a heart attack moments after saying goodbye to her final class for the summer. ...more

June 1, 2008

Each Mother's Day, Nettie Smith is showered with cards and letters. With 15 grown children, her house is filled with greeting cards, flowers and family on any given holiday, but Mother's Day brings an avalanche of affection. ...more

May 10, 2008

NORTH PORT — On Monday, Detective Lenny Hills received a call from a woman he had not seen in weeks. She said, "I died the other day at the school, and you brought be back." ...more

May 7, 2008

A Meadow Pointe woman has been selected as a semifinalist in the America's Favorite Mom contest and will appear on NBC's "Today" show on Friday. ...more

May 5, 2008

The remarkable thing was that he was still breathing. Inside the pitch black and the smoke, cars were crashing into each other all around him. His own Mazda Protege was wrinkled up like a squeezebox into the back of a Geo Tracker. But Eric Rannebarger was alive and awake. ...more

February 17, 2008