North Korea kicked out U.N. weapons inspectors from a plant that previously produced weapons-grade plutonium and notified the nuclear watchdog that it would restart operations as early as next week, the International Atomic Energy Agency said Wednesday. ...more

September 25, 2008

The government is more than quadrupling monthly payments to some veterans suffering brain injuries, as the number of such war wounds mounts from the roadside bombings of Iraq and Afghanistan. ...more

September 24, 2008

The Food and Drug Administration will begin posting every three months a list of drugs whose safety is under investigation because of complaints brought to the agency's attention by drug companies, physicians and patients. ...more

September 6, 2008

The Lake Denton Committee voted 4-1 to close public access to one of our county's nicest lakes. County lake officials said they will fight closing public access when they make their case to county commissioners before an ultimate decision is made. We hope the lake officials are successful. ...more

September 4, 2008

A tree limb landed on a vehicle at U.S. 92 E. and Bethlehem Road near Dover, Hillsborough County deputies say. ...more

August 28, 2008

CVS won't be able to sell alcohol at the store it plans to build in the heart of Meadow Pointe. ...more

August 13, 2008

Congratulations Congressman Mahoney, you finally remembered that Highlands County is your district. Of course, when you ran two years ago you claimed that you had a ranch in Venus, even though I am told, the mail that was addressed to Venus was returned to sender. It did not matter much, however, since you sold that property shortly after you were elected. ...more

July 10, 2008

A Palmetto woman fighting outside with her ex-boyfriend asked her 6-year-old boy to go into the house and fetch a steak knife that she used to stab the man in the chest and hand Saturday night. ...more

June 30, 2008

A construction worker was airlifted to Tampa General Hospital on Monday, after he suffered a head injury working at a construction site behind the Avon Park Pizza Hut restaurant. ...more

June 23, 2008

Regarding "The Next Attack: Coming Soon" (Other Views, June 19): Cal Thomas decries our Supreme Court's decision granting foreign terrorist detainees the right to access U.S. civilian courts to challenge their detention, "a right that should be reserved only for American citizens." ...more

June 22, 2008