Depression

The National Hurricane Center says Tropical Storm Josephine is gaining strength far out in the Atlantic. The depression formed early today and was upgraded to a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds near 50 mph with higher gusts. But the storm is...

One could almost hear the sad sigh in the words of Herbert Ris, of Farmingdale, when he replied to my request of a few weeks back that readers tell me how they're making out in these troubled days and what they see in the near future: "I tell my kids I'...

The National Hurricane Center says a new tropical depression has formed far out in the Atlantic. The depression formed early today and has maximum sustained winds near 35 mph with higher gusts. But the depression is forecast to strengthen and will likely...

The National Hurricane Center says a new tropical depression has formed in the Atlantic. The depression formed early today and has maximum sustained winds near 35 mph. The depression is centered about 355 miles east-northeast of the northern Leeward...

ROYDON, England—At the fringe of his 2-acre garden, Richard Mabey stops alongside an oak tree to point out a nesting box he put up for the barn owls. He's seen owls in the adjoining field, and while they have yet to take up home in the oak tree,...

Dear Recession, There has been quite a bit of commentary about you recently, nearly all of it bad. Just about everyone wants to see you gone. But I believe that where the business cycle is concerned, if you cannot be with the one you love, you should...

The AccuWeather.com Hurricane Center reports Floridians may not have much time to recover from Fay. A tropical wave south of Hispaniola has developed into Tropical Depression 7. At 11 a.m. EDT, TD-7 was located about 260 miles southeast of Port au...

Marijuana is the most widely used illicit drug in the country -- an estimated 25 million Americans smoked it within the last year and close to 100 million have smoked it at least once in their life, according to the most recent National Survey on Drug Use...

President Bush declared Sunday that four Florida counties hit hardest by Tropical Storm Fay are major disaster areas, making them eligible for federal aid. The declaration makes funds available for emergency work and repairs to governments in Brevard,...

Lynne Matallana likens the pain that racked her body to acid running through her veins. It came on after uterine surgery in 1993 -- a traumatic event, because she woke up in the middle of the operation -- and it never went away. In the two years that...

When I heard the story of Shawn Andrews, the Eagles offensive guard who is suffering from depression, I immediately thought of Bo Tkach. And, Jim Tkach, Bo's father, is glad I did. Bo, the shining light of Northern Lehigh's football program in the...

Brian Westbrook plans to play Friday night in the Eagles' preseason opener at Pittsburgh, and that can only mean contract renegotiation talks between his agent and team officials remain amiable. "I'm ready to play," Westbrook said Wednesday as the Eagles...