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A small but growing number of employers tie financial incentives to losing weight and exercising. The cost of nonparticipation can be so high that critics question whether workers have a true choice.

Stephen Jarvis's debut novel explores the creation of Charles Dickens' classic serial, back when he was an unknown writer going by the name of "Boz," and the real star was illustrator Robert Seymour.

With the "pace and feel of an exploded documentary," says review Alan Cheuse, Don Winslow recounts a 10-year odyssey of revenge set in Mexico against the stark history of the drug wars.

Florida's top wildlife authority says bears represent "a great conservation success story" in the state and that it's time move from saving them to managing them.The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's executive director released a statement Monday defending a proposed hunt of the animals.

When the Pentagon revealed it secretly exposed enlisted men to mustard gas during WWII, VA officials promised disability benefits. But an NPR investigation finds that most were never contacted.

There's a rising tide of HIV infections in Florida and the people being diagnosed don't fit into any one stereotype. But the same prejudices linger around HIV and those living with it.All this week, Health News Florida is bringing you stories of this new generation of people with HIV - and the efforts to slow this rising tide of infection.Health Reporter Abe Aboraya talks to 90.7's Matthew Peddie about his work on the series.

Sarah Hepola's memoir Blackout is filled with stories that are both funny and tragic — about how she'd drink to excess, and then try to piece it all together the following day.

Tara body-slammed the neighbors' dog to save her then-4-year-old owner. When a Los Angeles shelter prepared to present its annual trophy, no dog's heroics could match the cat's.

The shooting at a historically black church in Charleston briefly put a pause on the campaign. But eventually politics crept back in, and both sides, as usual, took different lessons from the tragedy.

This week's selection of articles and essays covers a surprising economic fact about seniors, the psychological damage done to juveniles in solitary and a look at the South Carolina church shooting.