Joseph Valdez used narcotics for more than a decade before he died of an overdose in April 2007. He was 32. Here are selected dates from a timeline of his quest for drugs in the months before his death. ...more

August 3, 2008

Esmin Green sat alone in the emergency room. Suffering from psychosis and severe anxiety, she waited nearly 24 hours for help. But no one came to help her. ...more

July 29, 2008

The cries of a baby led rescuers to him in the wreckage of a home flattened by a tornado that killed his grandmother and blew his grandfather into the yard, officials said Friday. ...more

July 26, 2008

After four years in the Florida House of Representatives, Republican Denise Grimsley has plenty of specifics on the top issues she would pursue if she's re-elected to a third two-year term. ...more

July 21, 2008

If ads for popular beauty products leave you skeptical, relax. Our 4you Beauty Board's veteran testers are ready to try the latest and greatest when it comes to all things beauty. We'll share what worked and what bombed with the hope of making your life a little easier. This week: men's razors. Does one brand stand out, or is it too close to call? ...more

July 5, 2008

City hospital officials promised reforms at a Brooklyn psychiatric ward where surveillance footage captured a woman falling from her chair, writhing on the floor and dying as workers watched without helping for more than an hour. ...more

July 2, 2008

She had seen it so many times. Pregnant women coming to the delivery room with serious complications and leaving without their babies. ...more

June 10, 2008

BRANDON - She had seen it so many times. Pregnant women coming to the delivery room with serious complications and leaving without their babies. ...more

June 9, 2008

AVON PARK — A 49-year-old Avon Park man was recovering from a self-inflicted and accidental gunshot wound Monday, after his .25-caliber semi-automatic handgun went off while he was cleaning it Friday night. Avon Park Police Cmdr. Michael J. Rowan said that police investigators were called to the Florida Hospital of Sebring emergency room shortly after 8:30 p.m. Friday, in response to a report of a man with a gunshot wound. "He apparently was cleaning his firearm and thought he had emptied it when the firearm discharged," Rowan said. "The bullet struck the inside left forearm and the exit wound was above the wrist. It was a non life-threatening injury." ...more

June 2, 2008

Dying," a friend told me a while back, when I said that several elderly relatives were deteriorating and I didn't think they would last, "can take a very long time." ...more

June 1, 2008