Most deaths in the 1918 influenza pandemic were caused not by the virus alone but by common bacterial infections that overwhelmed victims' weakened immune systems, according to two new studies that could change the strategy for the next pandemic. ...more

August 18, 2008

TAMPA - A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit by a Palm Harbor scholar who is suing the U.S. Treasury secretary for neglecting to circulate coins with the images of the 10 men he says were presidents before George Washington. ...more

July 15, 2008

The U.S. Treasury secretary is asking a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit by a Palm Harbor scholar who sued to force the government to put on coins the images of 10 men he says were presidents before George Washington. ...more

June 20, 2008

TAMPA – The U.S. Treasury secretary is asking a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit by a Palm Harbor scholar who sued to force the government to put on coins the images of 10 men he says were presidents before George Washington. ...more

June 19, 2008

Bernardo Viera Trejo still remembers that sweltering summer day in 1955, when he and his then-friend Fidel Castro met up shortly after the would-be revolutionary's release from prison. ...more

February 19, 2008

Thank you Mr. Ludacer for serving as a U.S. Navy radar observer and currently as a self -appointed lookout to express your concerns about things you feel could endanger our country; specifically you're repetitious letters condemning the "Patriot Act." Time changes everything including our methods of defense. I think everyone would agree that a good form of covert intelligence, if it were available then, would have been a much more effective defense than radar or lookouts, even as far back as the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor. ...more

February 7, 2008

Homeowners moving into this new waterfront neighborhood in the late 1960s paid $5 a year for sea wall repair and canal maintenance. ...more

November 29, 2007