According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 5 percent to 20 percent of the U.S. population gets the flu each year. Of those, about 200,000 people require hospitalization and 36,000 ultimately die. But imagine if, in addition to the stresses of cold and flu season, American health providers were annually confronted with widespread outbreaks of malaria or a host of other diseases that could spread into the United States due to global warming. ...more

January 3, 2009 |

Recently, members of Congress acted to address the worst financial crisis America has faced in generations. While the decision may not have been popular, I felt it was necessary to help stabilize the economy and prevent the crisis from acutely affecting American families. ...more

October 7, 2008 |

Congressional leaders and the White House agreed Sunday to a $700 billion rescue of the ailing financial industry after lawmakers insisted on sharing spending controls with the Bush administration. The biggest U.S. bailout in history won the tentative support of both presidential candidates and goes to the House for a vote Monday. ...more

September 28, 2008 |

For members of Bell Shoals Baptist Church, May was the cruelest month. ...more

July 23, 2008 |

An internal review has found no wrongdoing by jail staff in the death of Dorothy Palinchik, the Pinellas County Jail inmate who died of pneumonia brought on by a staph infection. ...more

July 18, 2008 |

An internal review has found no wrongdoing by jail staff in the death of Dorothy Palinchik, the Pinellas County Jail inmate who died of pneumonia brought on by a staph infection. ...more

July 17, 2008 |

Brian Lawton, the new Lightning vice president of hockey operations, wore a healthy growth of stubble to a Forum news conference Friday. ...more

July 12, 2008 |

Help could be on the way for Hernando County's depressed housing industry - not only for the construction of new homes but help to reduce the huge inventory of used homes. ...more

June 24, 2008 |

Hurricane season has begun. But this time the storm threatens to be bigger even than that which struck New Orleans. Not a physical storm but a storm of houses facing foreclosure, families uprooted, whole neighborhoods blighted by unseen forces. No, we do not have people stranded on the roof. ...more

June 11, 2008 |

In response to Frances Earl's column in Thursday's edition, I would like to take the opportunity to set her facts straight. ...more

May 13, 2008 |