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Published: Thursday, July 2, 2009 at 12:01 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, July 3, 2009 at 3:58 a.m. A federal jury on Thursday decided the Department of Veterans Affairs retaliated against four employees at its Bay Pines hospital in St.

St. Petersburg, Florida - Bay Pines Cemetery is a place to honor fallen heroes, and landscaper Zenen Valdes says he was honored to do work there.

The Department of Veterans Affairs is closing in on a dubious distinction: Soon it will have 1 million claims from veterans waiting for someone - anyone - to act on their applications for benefits.

Three doctors and a former administrator from Bay Pines VA Medical Center say the hospital's chief of staff and chief of medicine retaliated against them because they filed complaints with the hospital Office of Equal Employment Opportunity.

"He wasn't a fighter": That's what his family says about Ernest Nicks, who landed in Normandy on D-Day and fought in seven major battles.

This fall, thousands of veterans from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan will head to college under a new GI Bill.

Bagpipes, birds and blooms helped mark the Memorial Day holiday. Ceremonies across the state today are honoring men and women who died while serving in the military.

The cemetery has been busy since Murphy started work there just a few months before Sept.

The sun shined and flags blew softly in the breeze this morning as the community gathered in several Bay Area ceremonies today to pay tribute and honor those who have served our country in the nation's military.

Shawn Kelley, 45, of St. Petersburg pays his Memorial Day respects at the grave of his father, Walter Kelley, a veteran of the Korean War, Monday at Bay Pines National Cemetery.

What does Memorial Day mean to you? Posted By: David Leonard 18 mins ago Today marks the eighth year American armed forces have been waging a war in Iraq and Afghanistan.

CAPE CORAL: Help is on the way for veterans needing medical attention and not wanting to drive hours to get it.

Though their ages, gender and race varied, a common fabric wove the hundreds of people gathering for a Memorial Day celebration together: the American flag.

On a bright Tuesday morning, at the eastern end of the Gandy Bridge, officer Jon Saltzgaver steered his boat into the glassy tide of Tampa Bay.

The Bay Pines VA Healthcare System recently announced the new location for the St.

Gordon "Bud" Murphy never gave up. That's how friends and fellow veterans remember the 82-year-old Safety Harbor resident.

In 1868, people used flowers to decorate the graves of Civil War soldiers. Today, small American flags are placed next to the graves of veterans buried at national cemeteries, including Bay Pines, As Americans prepare to take a break from the work-week routine, a national organization is asking that everyone plan to take a moment to remember the ...

The Bay Pines VA Community Clinic will move from 1721 Main St., Dunedin to Palm Harbor to expand services to area veterans.

His retirement marks the end of 35 fun years, declared Sebring High School teacher Alan Kent.