The Florida Department of Health has begun testing indoor air quality in homes surrounding the Raytheon defense plant in St. Petersburg. ...more

August 26, 2008

Alabama, pushed to third in national obesity rankings by deep-fried Southern favorites, is cracking down on state workers who are too fat. ...more

August 23, 2008

Gerald Bailey, commissioner of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, said today he is satisfied Gov. Charlie Crist is safe despite a threatening letter containing white powder that arrived for him at the Capitol on Wednesday. ...more

August 22, 2008

Several former residents reminisced about their naive youth as they revisited the deserted streets of the Love Canal neighborhood Friday, 30 years after a poison sludge devastated families with miscarriages and cancers and gave rise to the federal Superfund program. ...more

August 2, 2008

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- State police say they arrested a man early Tuesday whose blood alcohol level was 0.491 percent - the highest ever recorded in Rhode Island for someone who wasn't dead. ...more

July 22, 2008

NEW YORK - Customers at big fast-food chains in New York City are finally facing the facts about their meal choices. And for some, the truth may be hard to swallow - like 1,130 calories for a Big Mac, medium fries and a medium soda. ...more

July 20, 2008

People living in the Azalea neighborhood got promises of help from the federal government and the state Legislature on Monday in their efforts to deal with groundwater contamination from the Raytheon plant site. ...more

July 15, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG - People living in the Azalea neighborhood got promises of help from the federal government and the state Legislature today in their efforts to deal with groundwater contamination from the Raytheon plant site. ...more

July 14, 2008

If you need extra motivation to avoid being bitten by mosquitoes this summer, consider this from the Florida Department of Health: ...more

July 12, 2008

TAMPA – A man working as a dental lab technician in Sun City Center has been arrested and charged with the unlicensed practice of a health care profession, according to the Florida Department of Health. ...more

June 27, 2008