It's a tempting offer: Free prescription medications for people who need them the most - the poor, the uninsured, the homeless. Families of people who have died from diabetes, Alzheimer's or Parkinson's disease call the Judeo Christian Health Clinic in Tampa every week hoping to donate leftover medications. Some bottles are full or hardly used and bear price tags in the hundreds of dollars. But the clinic's executive director, Kelly Nelson, must decline. "We can't use them," she says, "Unfortunately." ...more

May 30, 2008

The Gasparilla season is gearing up, with krewes planning parties, buying beads and checking their costumes in preparation for the Jan. 26 parade. ...more

January 12, 2008

TAMPA - Mostafa Ahmed felt the pain in his chest and his hands. He called his boss, closed the gas station where he worked and rushed to the emergency room at St. Joseph's Hospital. ...more

November 22, 2007

Take a long, deep breath. Brace yourself. You know what is coming. ...more

November 14, 2007