Debates rage throughout the course of every NHL season whenever hard hits occur. Panelists across Canada and the U.S. will dissect situations when a player gets hurt on the ice, they will look at every angle and decide whether the victim put themselves in a vulnerable position. They will argue whether a hit was clean or dirty, and most often they side with the player delivering the hit. ...more

November 9, 2009

It has been one week since an attorney said the young child allegedly injured by Avon Park police officer James Parker would be taken off life support, and as of Monday, there was no change in the victim's condition. ...more

May 12, 2009

The 20-month-old child who Avon Park police officer James Parker is accused of seriously injuring March 29 may be taken off life support this week. ...more

May 4, 2009

Editor's note: Christine Ott of Riverview is the mother of Lance Cpl. John Doody, who was injured by sniper fire in Iraq and is recovering with help from the James A. Haley Veterans Hospital. ...more

February 25, 2009

Editor's note: Christine Ott of Riverview is the mother of retired Lance Cpl. John Doody, who was injured by sniper fire in Iraq and is now recovering with help from the James A. Haley Veterans Hospital. ...more

February 25, 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

Niccole Booze kept hoping. She knew it was improbable, but she never let go of the possibility her 3-year-old son would leave the Largo nursing home where he received medical care for much of his young life and one day return to his family. kept hoping. She knew it was improbable, but she never let go of the possibility her 3-year-old son would leave the Largo nursing home where he received medical care for much of his young life and one day return to his family. ...more

December 1, 2008

Italy's highest court ruled Thursday in favor of a man's request to disconnect his daughter's feeding tube and allow her to die after 16 years in a vegetative state. ...more

November 14, 2008