Believe me, it's not always easy being a caring caregiver. Helping a handicapped or ill person accomplish some task is the easy part. Being pleasant while doing it is the hard part. At least it was for me. I remember one time when my late husband Ron had awakened me for about the sixth time one night to help him get his leg back in bed. I was so sleep-deprived, I thought about pushing the rest of him out of the bed, so he could sleep on the floor and I could get some rest. I, of course, didn't do it. Ron's left leg was so badly swollen and heavy from fluid retention that he couldn't keep it in bed and couldn't get it back in bed without help. ...more

March 25, 2009

A 13-year-old male giraffe on loan from Lowry Park Zoo to a park in the Panhandle died over the weekend after experiencing respiratory problems and severe vomiting, officials said. ...more

February 18, 2009

A 13-year-old male giraffe on loan from Lowry Park Zoo to a park in the Panhandle died over the weekend after experiencing respiratory problems and severe vomiting, officials said. ...more

February 17, 2009

There are few things more grating than a self-consciously retro soul singer, painstakingly aping his heroes' every inflection to the point that any question of actual "soul" becomes moot. ...more

August 29, 2008

Sexually explicit videos depicting urination and vomiting are political expression, according to an attorney for an adult movie producer who calls himself Max Hardcore. ...more

June 4, 2008

TAMPA - Lavon Rowells was so focused on playing video games, police say, that he lost track of time and let his two toddlers wander in a motel for several hours Sunday night. ...more

May 5, 2008

The sisters of Zeta Tau Alpha may dress in demure white gowns for sorority formals, but the behavior of members from the University of Florida's chapter during a recent visit to Tampa's famed Columbia restaurant was anything but ladylike. ...more

October 25, 2007

Perfectionist teenage girls aren't the only ones who loathe their reflections in the mirror. ...more

September 29, 2007