"How To Live: A Search for Wisdom from Old People (While They Are Still on This Earth)," by Henry Alford (Twelve Books, $24) ...more

January 11, 2009

The founder of an investment fund that lost $1.4 billion with Bernard Madoff was discovered dead Tuesday after committing suicide at his Manhattan office, marking a grim turn in a scandal that has left investors around the world in financial ruin. ...more

December 23, 2008

The lawyer defending the sheriff's finance director is asking prosecutors to show proof his client was driving under the influence. ...more

December 10, 2008

A 69-year-old Holiday man gave his ailing wife three sleeping pills last week, hoping she would never wake up again, Pasco County sheriff's officials say. ...more

November 13, 2008

A 69-year-old Holiday man gave his ailing wife three sleeping pills last week, hoping she would never wake up again, Pasco County sheriff's officials say. ...more

November 12, 2008

Your sports page may have recently induced an unpleasant sense of deja vu. A pro football star, by all accounts, seemed caught in a spiral of depression. Friends and advisers were worried enough about suicide to call the police. After an ensuing public-relations fracas, the player and the team assured us that it was all a grand misunderstanding. ...more

September 28, 2008

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin hit it out of the park. ...more

September 5, 2008

Sheriff's employee wrecks truck, avoids sobriety tests, arrest. ...more

July 15, 2008

The sheriff's finance director is the target of an in-house investigation after she wrecked her pickup over the weekend. ...more

July 15, 2008

painkillers and sedatives - the medical examiner said Wednesday, leading doctors to warn of the dangers of mixing prescription drugs. ...more

February 7, 2008