Soldier’s valor, sacrifice merit Medal of Honor
When Iraqi soldiers launched a surprise attack on U.S. troops at Baghdad's airport during the first days of the war, one man stood between Americans there and disaster. Exposed to...
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State of shock
Florida's fourth hurricane in six weeks ripped its way across the state Sunday -- killing at least six, leaving millions without electricity and adding new woes to an already agonizing...
Death toll, cleanup costs still mounting
As Floridians faced their second week of living with the aftermath of Hurricane Charley, hundreds of thousands spent their eighth night without electricity, and the hurricane's death toll and cost...
Federal relief effort begins
Update: 10:20 a.m. State officials announced today that a new disaster recovery center will open in Lake Wales. Secretary of Elder Affairs Terry White said state officials also are moving...
Powering up
Scrounging for gasoline and ice, living without lights or air conditioning and now scrambling for child care on short notice because some schools will stay closed for another week, Central...
Charley like nothing area had seen in 44 years
What Lee Coulter knew firsthand about hurricanes came from the fuzzy memories of a 5-year-old splashing in the puddles left behind in 1960 by Hurricane Donna. "I remember the water...
6 bodies found at grisly site in Florida
The bodies of six friends were found scattered through a blood-spattered house Friday in what the county sheriff called "the worst thing that we've ever seen." The four men and...
Orange election yields no problems
Bracing for the first Orange County election since last November's agonizing presidential vote, officials beefed up training for poll workers and plastered how-to instructions where voters couldn't miss them in...