Residents of a Tampa neighborhood are flocking together to try and rescue a macaw that has flown the coop. ...more

December 6, 2008

A financially strapped young mother trying to stretch her infant formula supply almost killed her newborn, hospital officials say. ...more

December 1, 2008

The odds of having a premature baby are high in Florida, compared with other states. The state ranks 41st, and receives a grade of F, in a "report card" issued Wednesday by the March of Dimes. The group, using figures from 2005, gives ...more

November 13, 2008

Thieves have raided a cemetery, making off with 115 vases valued at about $42,000 in the last two weeks. ...more

October 4, 2008

Nine siblings are among 11 children as old as 17 who were left at Omaha hospitals Wednesday under Nebraska's unique and new safe haven law, which allows caregivers to abandon babies and teenagers alike at hospitals without fear of prosecution. ...more

September 26, 2008

HONG KONG - The Hong Kong government says its tests have found melamine in Chinese-made Nestle brand milk. ...more

September 21, 2008

Dear Abby: I am a 39-year-old married man. "Lana" and I have been married 10 years. We deal with the usual problems (our son, jobs, money) as a team. I feel blessed to have married my best friend. ...more

September 14, 2008

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned consumers Thursday to avoid buying infant formula imported from China, citing reports of babies in that country who have fallen ill with kidney problems after consuming suspect formula. ...more

September 12, 2008

Nebraska's new "safe-haven" law allowing parents to abandon unwanted children at hospitals with no questions asked is unique in a significant way: It goes beyond babies and potentially permits the abandonment of anyone younger than 19. ...more

August 23, 2008

TAMPA - A woman has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority, claiming that when she was pregnant with twins in 2006, an incident on a HART bus caused her to lose her babies. ...more

August 15, 2008