It started off as a call for a child choking at TooJays Gourmet Deli in Stuart on a beautiful Sunday morning in March.
It ended with what’s been called a miracle.
“Some things are unexplained and this is one of them,” said Lt. Vincent Felicione, one of three Stuart emergency workers who revived 31/2-year-old Keegan Kinsley while [...]

Most people will recoil in horror at the thought of maggots crawling over their bodies and munching away on wounded flesh.
Yet, if you faced a choice between having maggots rid your body of rotting flesh, or having your leg amputated, you might not be so squeamish.
Last year, nearly 50 000 people were treated with maggot [...]

The student slouched into his chair, his face wrapped in sunglasses, the brim of his baseball cap pulled down so low his eyes were almost lost. The Virginia Tech professor who took a seat across from him did so because there didn’t really seem to be any other option.
But in three, hour-long talks that began [...]

A Virginia Tech freshman who returned home with his family after last week’s campus massacre was killed in a car crash, his father said Sunday.
Jeff Soriano died from his injuries Friday in Sentara Norfolk General Hospital after he was pulled from the wreckage of his burning vehicle, police said.
Enrique Soriano, speaking by telephone from his [...]

Anyone who feels they need to shed a few kilos might want to consider the efforts of New Yorker Michael Hebranko, who has lost a quarter of ton since vowing to battle the bulge.
Hebranko, who has been in a New York City medical facility for more than a year, was awarded a medal for his [...]