President Barack Obama and Congress will soon make defining choices about health care and troops for Afghanistan. ...more

November 13, 2009

A stroke five years ago at age 45 left Mary Ellen Gottlieb with facial paralysis, body weakness, random memory loss and haywire motor skills. ...more

January 14, 2009

Mary Ellen Gottlieb spent five years mired in frustration, dealing on a daily basis with the lasting effects of a stroke she suffered in 2003. Until recently, the Brandon woman, 50, was resigned to the notion that she might never fully recover or work again. ...more

January 14, 2009

Mary Ellen Gottlieb spent five years mired in frustration, dealing on a daily basis with the lasting effects of a stroke she suffered in 2003. Until recently, the Brandon woman, 50, was resigned to the notion that she might never fully recover or work again. ...more

January 14, 2009

Mary Ellen Gottlieb spent five years mired in frustration, dealing on a daily basis with the lasting effects of a stroke she suffered in 2003. Until recently, the Brandon woman, 50, was resigned to the notion that she might never fully recover or work again. But one day in November, she pressed the "play" button on a YouTube video, and serendipity came to call. ...more

January 6, 2009

A man shot himself in the chest and lied about it to law enforcement so he could claim disability benefits, North Port police say. ...more

September 9, 2008

Q Friends who used to live here moved out of state to be with family because neither could work and had little income for two years. Their doctor is recommending they return here for health reasons. ...more

September 2, 2008

Hundreds of thousands of tractor-trailer and bus drivers in the United States carry commercial driver's licenses despite also having health issues that qualify for full disability payments, according to a federal report to be released Thursday. ...more

July 22, 2008

Let's see if we can figure out who this man is and how he got there. ...more

June 18, 2008

TAMPA - Federal judges this week sentenced two people to prison for either stealing from or defrauding the Department of Veterans Affairs. The cases of Frank M. Persicano, of St. Petersburg, and Catherine Rodriguez, of Tampa, are unrelated, the U.S. Attorney's Office said. ...more

June 12, 2008