The next time you make some microwave popcorn or cook a frozen pizza, consider this: The packaging of many of these products contains a chemical that the Environmental Protection Agency considers potentially carcinogenic and wants businesses to voluntarily stop using by 2015. ...more

August 3, 2008

Tom and Krystal Wilder were almost to Gainesville when they got the call from nearby Shands Children's Hospital at the University of Florida: A potential liver donor had been found for their 4-year-old son, Nate. ...more

June 4, 2008

Like many moms of newborns, Caitlin Hume still has plenty of work to do when she gets home. There's the herring-and-krill formula to prepare, followed by a little peeping and playtime, then bed. ...more

May 21, 2008

Florida parents know car seats are needed to keep children safe on the road. They know fences and alarms are needed to keep little ones safe around swimming pools. And they know the number for poison control should be kept by the telephone. ...more

February 13, 2008

A federal appeals court said Friday the Bush administration ignored the law when it imposed less stringent requirements on power plants to reduce mercury pollution, which scientists fear could cause neurological problems in 60,000 newborns a year. ...more

February 9, 2008

It's 12 days and counting until county fairgoers can "Rock Around the Stock." ...more

February 6, 2008

About every six months the population of the U.S. increases about as much as the population of Tallahassee. Who are these hundreds of thousands of new citizens? They are newborns, children of illegal aliens born in the United States - birthright citizens, "anchor babies" - not illegal aliens. This quirky legal right then allows the mother's parents and siblings to remain, and later a whole bunch of their relatives to immigrate legally. This why they are also known as "Jackpot babies." ...more

January 26, 2008

About every six months the population of the U.S. increases about as much as the population of Tallahassee. ...more

January 25, 2008

The shoppers were on a mission - spend $4,000 to help almost 200 children, some only a few days old, in foster care. ...more

December 15, 2007

TAMPA - The shoppers were on a mission: spend $4,000 to help almost 200 children -- some only a few days old -- in foster care. ...more

December 14, 2007