FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) - Mourners were asked to pray for the man authorities say went on a shooting spree at Fort Hood, and an Army chaplain exhorted his congregation today to draw together even if the gunman's motives may never be fully known. ...more

November 8, 2009

As the nation grieved for the 13 people killed in Thursday's attack at Fort Hood, there was a glimmer of encouragement Saturday as some of the people wounded in the shooting were able to leave one hospital near the Army base. ...more

November 8, 2009

Esther Orreno, 87, said she wasn't scared when she fought a pygmy rattlesnake with her cane earlier this week and squeezed it to death with her right hand. ...more

August 14, 2009

A Walt Disney World performer has died, four days after being injured in a Magic Kingdom show. ...more

August 12, 2009

I have just finished reading a letter (Beware Socialized Care, Letters, March 9) regarding an opinion on our healthcare system in Canada, and I take offense. I am a Canadian, as is my husband, and we have had quality care by the Canadian health system for more than 60 years. Between us we have had an appendectomy, gall bladder surgery, achilles tendon repair, eye surgery, two knee replacements, bowel surgery with five days in intensive care, ankle surgery and numerous other ailments not requiring hospital care. All occasions were handled promptly and excellently. ...more

March 10, 2009

A spokesman for Ed McMahon says the television personality is in intensive care in a Los Angeles hospital. ...more

February 27, 2009

An Iraq war veteran has been sentenced to 30 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to fatally shooting his girlfriend's ex-boyfriend in St. Petersburg two years ago, according to prosecutors and police documents. ...more

January 29, 2009

William D. Eddy was an Episcopal minister in Tarrytown, N.Y., and an admirer of the writer and theologian Richard John Neuhaus. When Eddy grew gravely ill about 20 years ago, I asked Neuhaus to write him a letter of comfort. ...more

January 16, 2009

Sebring resident Nicole Pounds, 34, remained in critical condition Monday night following a two-vehicle accident Sunday that claimed the life of her 6-month-old child. ...more

January 7, 2009

Sebring resident Nicole Pounds, 34, remained in critical condition Monday night following a two-vehicle accident Sunday that claimed the life of her 6-month-old child. Pounds is in intensive care at Lakeland Regional Medical Center, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Three other passengers – Harriet McClennon, 53, Isaiah Wiggins, 7, and Passion McClennon, 10 months, all of Sebring – were treated at various other hospitals and released. ...more

January 6, 2009