An 87-foot Coast Guard cutter planned to search all night Monday for a 35-year-old Harbour Island man and a West Palm Beach resident whose plane apparently crashed Sunday into the Gulf of Mexico, authorities said. ...more

December 2, 2008

An 87-foot Coast Guard cutter will search all night for two pilots whose plane apparently crashed Sunday into the Gulf of Mexico, authorities say. ...more

December 1, 2008

A University of Central Florida researcher says two compounds he is developing are showing "very promising" results in lab tests targeting breast cancer tumors in mice. ...more

November 26, 2008

Gidian Holbrook, 11, had Space Mountain on her mind. But first, she had to stick her leg through that magnet thingie. It would only be about 15 minutes, but to a girl making a short stop on her way to the Magic Kingdom with her family and best friend, it might as well have been 15 hours. ...more

November 15, 2008

This father's tragedy started, as so many do, with the mundane. His boy, a handsome and well-built athlete, injured his arm playing soccer in his native Ecuador. Alex, 15, was tough, but the pain wouldn't go away, and it got worse. ...more

November 15, 2008

For the first time, an expensive vaccine aimed at preventing cervical cancer in women has proven successful at preventing a disease in men, a study released Thursday by the vaccine's maker said. ...more

November 14, 2008

For the third year, St. Stephen Catholic Church parishioners are inviting other members of the community to don their athletic shoes and join them on Natures Way Boulevard for a three-day walk to help find a cure for breast cancer. ...more

November 13, 2008

Parishioners at St. Stephen Catholic Church are urging members of the community to throw on their sneakers and join them in walking for a cure. ...more

November 12, 2008

USF POLICE This is a partial list of crimes and service calls reported Oct. 27 to Nov. 3 to the University of South Florida Police Department. Questions about a specific event should be directed to the USF Police Department at (813) 974-2628. ...more

November 5, 2008

A former employee of H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute is suing the hospital under the state's whistleblower law, saying he was wrongly dismissed after reporting an incident with hazardous waste to federal authorities. ...more

October 23, 2008