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How much charity care is enough for a hospital to earn its nonprofit, tax-exempt status? Apparently there is no rule about that, the Tampa Bay Times…

The Fountain of Youth at Punta Gorda was so popular 40 years ago, residents remember waiting in line to get a drink. But in the 1980s, testing found high…

You can understand why the British were hanging on every scrap of news coverage about the impending birth of a baby to Princess Katherine and Prince…

A series of blasts ravaged a Blue Rhino propane gas plant in central Florida's Lake County late Monday night. At least seven workers were injured. The detonations reportedly lasted some 30 minutes, but the fires raged for much longer.

Tentative plans could reduce 11 days of unpaid leave to as few as six days for civilian workers, The Associated Press reports, citing anonymous sources at the Pentagon.

The Foundation for Florida's Future and Michael Petrilli, writing at The Thomas B. Fordham Institute, are defending Florida Education Commissioner Tony…

A forensic anthropologist and her team want permission to exhume dozens of bodies they found in unmarked graves, but are meeting resistance from state officials.

Some who questioned the sale of Bayfront Medical Center in St. Petersburg to a for-profit corporation in April were left even more uneasy Tuesday amid…

A British researcher was curious to know whether smell could help fend off temptation. Her study found that the scent of fresh oranges seemed to help remind dieters to eat less chocolate.

According to media reports, the league handed the players union names of those facing suspensions for doping. Alex Rodriguez is rumored to be among them.

Word is that Florida Education Commissioner Tony Bennett, who only started serving in January, is on the way out. A scandal involving grade adjustment for…

Florida Education Commissioner Tony Bennett resigned today in the fallout of a controversy over the changing of school grades in Indiana, where he served…

About 45,000 low-income working parents in Florida will lose their Medicaid coverage at the end of this year and become uninsured unless they quit their…

Citing a preliminary report from the University of Florida, the Tampa Bay Times reports the state's population grew slightly in the past year, up a bit…

NPR host Scott Simon has talked about his mom on-the-air before, and he's mentioned her in social media.But this was different. His mother, Patricia Lyons…

Here's a pair of videos, courtesy of University of South Florida Communications & Marketing Department, taken in Washington, D.C. Monday, shortly after…

Also: A new short story by Stieg Larsson; Sherman Alexie's mullet; Rebecca Mead on Jane Austen.

Medicare Advantage plans that draw a lot of their enrollment from the poor side of town say they're at a disadvantage on the government's five-star...

When you ask former United States Director of National Intelligence Mike McConnell what he thinks about the internet and information technology, he…

Ruth Parrish has lived to be 94 years old. In her nine decades alive, she’s learned a few things.In this edition of StoryCorps Tampa Bay, Ruth talks with…

Millions of miles from Earth, the Philae robotic lander has settled on the comet's surface, the European Space Agency says.

A Florida man is scheduled to die by lethal injection Thursday, and he’ll be the nineteenth inmate put to death during Governor Rick Scott’s first…

A jury in Polk County has awarded $35 million in damages to a former Florida smoker who underwent two lung transplants.The jury's decision Wednesday on…

A new report from United Way shows nearly half of Florida’s households are struggling to make ends meet. United Way officials say their measurement tool...

Have you missed the Veterans’ Day parade or the ceremony at your local VA National Cemetery?Well, there’s still time to show your appreciation for the men…