Sept. 21, 2008 ...more

September 21, 2008

Residents of this hurricane-wrecked island city launched an ill-advised attempt to return to their crippled hometown Wednesday, but instead fumed in hours of gridlocked traffic only to be turned away at the bridge. ...more

September 18, 2008

The death toll from Hurricane Ike is remarkably low so far, considering that legions of people stayed behind as the storm obliterated row after row of homes along the Texas coast. But officials suspect there are more victims out there and say some might simply have been swept out to sea. ...more

September 18, 2008

If you've been following this column for a while, you're no stranger to my feelings on wills. In a nutshell, if you're an adult with a family or assets that you care about, you should have one. In particular, if you have children and have yet to start a will, you're doing your family a major disservice. But what about a legacy plan? ...more

September 14, 2008

Sept. 8, 2008 ...more

September 8, 2008

August 31, 2008 ...more

August 31, 2008

TAMPA – Investigators are searching for the cause of a fatal fire overnight. ...more

August 27, 2008

A U.N. human rights team has found "convincing evidence" that some 90 civilians - among them 60 children - were killed in airstrikes on a village in western Afghanistan on Thursday night. ...more

August 27, 2008

August 25, 2008 ...more

August 25, 2008

The Army is mailing out thousands of letters to survivors of soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan, asking what it can do to better help them, even years after the deaths of their loved ones. ...more

August 21, 2008