You may have seen the public service commercial. A woman brings her young daughter out to the car and straps her into a car seat. The announcer reminds us that 37,000 Americans are killed every year in automobile accidents, which made me think it was sponsored by the National Safety Council or a seat-belt advocacy group. ...more

May 18, 2008

When Army Spc. Jeremy Hall held a meeting last July for atheists and free thinkers at Camp Speicher in Iraq, he was excited, he said, to see an officer attending. ...more

May 10, 2008

A national autism advocacy group is demanding an apology from CBS over a disparaging remark a contestant on the reality show "Big Brother" made about people with the disorder. ...more

February 19, 2008

If global warming accelerates over the next century, many scientists fear the planet's largest ecosystem could reach a tipping point with depleting nutrients in the oceans. ...more

February 18, 2008

The Bush administration will ask Congress to increase the monthly premiums paid by wealthier Medicare beneficiaries for prescription drug coverage, officials said Friday. ...more

February 16, 2008

The shockwave of reaction has reached a national audience as more people see a jail videotape showing a Hillsborough County corrections deputy dumping an inmate from his wheelchair. ...more

February 14, 2008

TAMPA - The shockwave of reaction has reached a national audience as more people see a jail videotape showing a Hillsborough corrections deputy dumping an inmate from his wheelchair. ...more

February 13, 2008

From a command post on her sister's living room floor, Becky Hall urgently coordinated volunteers contacting every church soup kitchen and homeless advocacy group in the region on Monday. ...more

February 12, 2008

Tire tracks lead up a grassy hill to a metal box that tells the tale of Florida's first foray into commercialized solar energy. ...more

February 11, 2008

The military telegram arrived in Peekskill, N.Y., on a springlike day in February 1945. The parents put it down unopened, falling to their knees to pray. Three of their five sons were pilots fighting overseas, and they were afraid to learn which of their boys was dead. ...more

February 3, 2008