More than 90 percent of U.S. nursing homes were cited for violating federal standards of care in each of the past three years, according to a government report. Medicare is trying to increase the quality of nursing home care by posting on its Web site the names of facilities that perform poorly in state […]

Today’s South Florida Sun-Sentinel reports about homeowners who are choosing to “go bare” when it comes to windstorm coverage after seeing their property insurance double, or in some cases triple, after the 2004 and 2005 hurricane seasons. The added prospect of having to shell out money for repairs after paying insurance premiums for years […]

The Florida Highway Patrol has determined that a tractor-trailer driver was on his cell phone when he crashed into the back of a school bus in Marion County, Florida. This certainly explains how such a catastrophic accident could have happened.
The truck driver was so distracted by his cell phone that he left […]