Mallory Horne, 84, the only person to serve as Florida's Senate president and House speaker since Reconstruction who later become the target of a federal money-laundering probe, died Thursday after a battle with lung cancer. ...more

May 1, 2009

Ten years and a day after a jury awarded Mayola Williams nearly $80 million in punitive damages in her fight with a cigarette maker, the Supreme Court said today she can collect her share. ...more

March 31, 2009

TAMPA Queue the theme from "Rocky." ...more

March 21, 2009

More than 700 participants had the "Eye of the Tiger" as they huffed and puffed their way up 914 stairs on Saturday for the American Lung Association. ...more

March 21, 2009

What do you get an 84-year-old lady for her birthday? That's what Carol Brown was thinking a few weeks ago. Her mother, June Pearce, was turning 84. The idea of buying and giving more stuff just didn't appeal to Brown. ...more

March 7, 2009

Philip Morris was ordered by a jury to pay $8 million in damages to the widow of a smoker who died of lung cancer in a case that could set a standard for some 8,000 similar Florida lawsuits. ...more

February 18, 2009

Philip Morris should be ordered to pay more than $130 million to the widow of a longtime smoker who died of lung cancer in a case that could blaze a legal trail for about 8,000 similar Florida lawsuits, the family's attorney told a jury Tuesday. ...more

February 17, 2009

The days of one-size-fits-all cancer treatment are numbered: A rush of new research is pointing the way to tailor chemotherapy and other care to what's written in your tumor's genes. ...more

February 16, 2009

A jury decided today that a longtime chain-smoker's death from lung cancer was caused by nicotine addiction, a potentially costly loss for tobacco giant Philip Morris and an important test case for thousands of similar Florida lawsuits. ...more

February 12, 2009

Teacher Arlene Martinez was a bit surprised the day Erin Brown, 13, came to her with an unusual but touching request. ...more

December 28, 2008