A law meant to protect the voting rights of deployed troops and other Americans overseas is forcing at least a dozen states to consider holding primaries earlier or to negotiate another plan federal officials will accept. ...more

November 2, 2009

PLANT CITY Internal medicine specialist LaRue Richter is opening a Physicians Weight Loss Center that will provide dietary supplements, behavior modification and a carefully balanced weight loss program designed for the individual. ...more

February 3, 2009

It happened again last week. An 82-year-old St. Petersburg man suffering from dementia drove away from his home about 10 a.m. Wednesday and never returned. ...more

November 24, 2008

The frequency of Silver Alerts has officials worried that motorists will quit paying attention to highway signs that give information on missing elderly drivers. ...more

November 20, 2008

For Barack Obama, the way to victory may be simply to stay on course and avoid game-changing mistakes. It doesn't hurt that the political landscape favors Democrats or that the Illinois senator has a huge cash advantage over John McCain. ...more

November 3, 2008

Three decades after removing lead from gasoline, the Environmental Protection Agency is slashing the amount of the toxic metal that will be allowed in the nation's air by 90 percent. ...more

October 17, 2008

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) -- Former President Clinton is honoring 43 schools for their anti-obesity efforts, including two in Tampa. ...more

August 6, 2008

Finally, an accelerating trend in health care insurance that's good news for many parents. ...more

June 22, 2008

All of the talk among political candidates about a federal gas tax holiday to offset soaring prices at the pump misses a critical fact: state taxes are, for the most part, even more costly for drivers. ...more

June 9, 2008

A Georgia man who killed his live-in girlfriend was executed Tuesday, the first inmate put to death since the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of lethal injections. ...more

May 7, 2008