Welcome, comrades, to the "new" USSR — the United States Socialist Republic. ...more

November 9, 2008

The stale buddy road-trip movie "Soul Men" will be remembered mainly as the untimely swan song of Bernie Mac, the comic great who died in August at just 50. ...more

November 6, 2008

Outraged By Article Regarding "Rebelling Against Airport Tyranny" (Other Views, June 23): ...more

June 28, 2008

The first time John L. Johnson's artificial hip squeaked, he was bending down to pick up a pine cone in his yard in Thomasville, Ga. Johnson looked up, expecting to find an animal nearby. ...more

May 18, 2008

SEBRING — About 50 senior citizens got their blood pumping Tuesday morning with a total body workout at the Highlands County Family YMCA. Fitness Instructor Jane Goodlett led the SilverSneakers class. "Smile through your pain," she told the class as they extended their weights into a lateral raise. "Yes, you can do it!" Joe Hood groaned as the class started another rotation of arm exercises with dumbbells. Hood, the "class clown," likes making comments throughout the class to make people laugh and take their minds off the exercise. Although he grumbles, he said he loves the class, which he attends at least two times per week. ...more

February 19, 2008

Federal regulators have ordered medical device maker Stryker Corp. to fix a host of long-standing problems in its manufacturing of hip replacement parts that have triggered multiple patient complaints and forced some to have follow-up surgeries. Stryker shares fell almost 2 percent. ...more

January 17, 2008