Physicians and pharmacies need dual billing: Liability and release from liability; a release from liability charge would likely be about 20 percent as much as a liability charge. When an obstetrician's annual malpractice insurance and redundant lab work of $300,000 is divided by a 250-day work year, the obstetrician needs $1,200 per day just to cover liability, which must be passed to the patient. ...more

September 15, 2009

Though tickets can still be purchased for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' season opener against Dallas on Sunday, the game will not be blacked out on local TV, team officials said Thursday. ...more

September 10, 2009

Angelique Orihuela Ayison was so mad at her estranged husband that she unexpectedly arrived at his home Wednesday and attacked him, eventually stabbing him in the groin with broken glass, according to the Pasco County Sheriff's Office. ...more

September 4, 2009

A 29-year-old homeless hitchhiker is accused of beating an elderly man who gave him a ride from a liquor store before stealing his car. ...more

September 2, 2009

The Pasco County Sheriff's Office is investigating a possible carjacking in New Port Richey. ...more

July 3, 2009

Pasco County Sheriff's Office investigators say Arron Derell Jackson, 19, used brass knuckles to batter two people at a home on Casey Drive in New Port Richey on May 30. ...more

June 17, 2009

Set a golf ball on top of a fence 50 yards away and Travis Rubio can blast a bullet through the center of it with a muzzleloader-style rifle. ...more

June 15, 2009

The long-awaited television transition from analog to digital signals did not go smoothly for all viewers today. ...more

June 12, 2009

Fans of players recently cut from the Bucs can pick up jerseys and other merchandise at deep discounts. No. 7 jerseys, worn by former quarterback Jeff Garcia, are half-price at Bucs, Stuff & More in Pinellas Park and St. Petersburg. ...more

June 3, 2009

"American Idol" sponsor AT&T says a few overeager company employees helped Arkansas fans vote by text at viewing parties — but didn't influence the final results. ...more

May 27, 2009