Three days after his wife’s death the social security office declared he was dead for no explained reason. “I can’t get a credit card, nothing, because I’m dead,” said May.

The machine not only takes a regular 2D image of a woman’s breast, but also takes 15 different angled images in a 4 second sweep. This type of screening is called “tomosynthesis.” A computer then uses those images to put together a 3D view of the breast. Doctors can isolate one “slice” of the images to discover if or where there may be an abnormality.

Heat and shock from the round damaged his spinal cord, paralyzing him from the chest down. This injury was so much worse than one nine months before, when he’d been hit by a mortar blast during his first tour in Afghanistan. Yet through all the pain, Tomlinson was haunted by the idea people back home wouldn’t remember him, that they wouldn’t even know he was hurt.

A Jacksonville optician arrested in a spring 2011 sweep of suspects soliciting sex with children was convicted of his charges in St. Johns County Wednesday.

Ronald Duane Thompson, 48, responded to postings by an undercover agent claiming to be the guardian of children aged 11 and 14 and set up a meeting after confirming he wanted sex with the juveniles, according to the State Attorney’s Office.

He was one of 17 arrested in Operation Sheepdog, which targeted suspects who use the Internet to sexually exploit children and meet them for sex.

Thompson was convicted of use of a computer to solicit a parent or guardian and traveling to meet a minor after soliciting a parent or guardian. Together the charges carry a maximum sentence of 20 years.

Thompson is scheduled to be sentenced March 13 in St. Johns County.
He is the third of the 17 suspects to be convicted.

There had to be a way to provide affordable dental care, particularly preventive treatment, for those people, he told the Times-Union.

Look at the words that are coming from their campaigns in the hours before the event:

From Mr. Romney’s campaign: Mr. Gingrich is “unhinged.” He’s a “historian who re-writes history.” He is unpredictable, a “Dr. Newt and Mr. Hyde” character. He’s a failed speaker whose ideas were “off the wall.”

And from Mr. Gingrich’s campaign: Mr. Romney has stocks in a bank that “forecloses on Floridians.” He is a “guy who has Swiss bank accounts, Cayman Island accounts.” He is slinging a “sea of mud.”

There will be two other candidates on the stage on Thursday — Ron Paul and Rick Santorum. But with polls showing both men trailing badly in Florida, the focus of the night is sure to be squarely on Mr. Romney and Mr. Gingrich.

The two-hour, nationally televised debate will begin at 8 p.m. Eastern and will be broadcast on CNN. It is co-sponsored by the Florida Republican Party.

Here are a few things to watch for as the debate unfolds:

1. THE AUDIENCE. The biggest change from Monday’s debate will be the return of the raucous, uninhibited audience. CNN will not attempt to restrain applause from the crowd, which will once again be filled with eager Republican activists.

All of that should benefit Mr. Gingrich, whose best moments in South Carolina came when he got the crowd on his side and then fed off their energy. Monday’s quiet audience robbed him of the imagery, and of the psychological boost he gets from applause.

Mr. Romney’s campaign is not happy about the return of the audience; aides say they fear the debates have devolved into reality shows, complete with jeering crowds. But look for Mr. Romney to try to deprive Mr. Gingrich of an audience moment by staying on the offensive.

2. LATINOS. Both Mr. Romney and Mr. Gingrich traveled to Miami this week to woo the region’s large Hispanic population. The votes from that community could be crucial to winning the primary on Tuesday.

Mr. Romney is likely to raise the issue of a negative radio ad that Mr. Gingrich was forced to withdraw after a torrent of criticism from Hispanic leaders in the state. The ad charged that Mr. Romney was “anti-immigrant,” a sentiment that the Hispanic leaders said crossed the line of decency.

3. MEAN VERSUS NICE. Both Mr. Gingrich and Mr. Romney are going to have to be careful: How critical can they be without alienating voters?

As noted above, the candidates and their campaigns have seemed completely unrestrained during the last 24 hours. Almost no attack has gone unsaid. But there is a big difference between slinging mud at a small rally and doing it on national television.

Mr. Gingrich has demonstrated his willingness to show his anger during debates, especially when it is directed at liberals and the news media. And Mr. Romney has had flashes of pique in past debates as well. Both will probably do the same again.

But there’s a fine line between admirable indignation and petty rantings, and both men will have to try to walk it.

4. ROMNEY’S WEALTH. It has been weeks now since Mr. Romney’s rivals first sought to make an issue of his wealth, and questions about it are likely to come up again.

Having released only two years of his taxes, Mr. Romney has generated new questions — about a Swiss bank account that contained about $3 million; and investments in funds that had connections to the Cayman Islands. Both are sure to be the subject of questions for Mr. Romney.

Mr. Gingrich has also signaled that he is not ready to abandon the broader questions about Mr. Romney’s role at Bain Capital, a private equity firm. Look for whether Mr. Romney has found a way to be more comfortable talking about the subject. (Prediction: Mr. Romney will accuse Mr. Gingrich of doing the bidding of liberals.)

5. GINGRICH ETHICS. If Mr. Romney has his way, the entire night would be focused on Mr. Gingrich’s integrity. In Monday’s debate, Mr. Romney repeatedly tried to raise the issue of the ethics investigation into Mr. Gingrich’s actions while he was House speaker. Look for that to continue.

But Mr. Romney this week opened a new front of attack against Mr. Gingrich’s character, alleging that his time as an “influence peddler” deserves further investigation. Mr. Romney even charged that there might be “wrongful activity” in some of Mr. Gingrich’s consulting work, though he provided no proof.

That could be the most explosive moment of the debate, as Mr. Gingrich tries to defend his record — and his character — against Mr. Romney’s attacks. How well he does could determine the arc of the next several days before the primary.

Transitions did lose business in their laundry service program because they provide laundry services to Jacksonville Development Center.

At about the same time Tomlinson, 24, was leaving Anniston’s airport in a van with his family, bound for his home. As they traveled along Alabama 21 signs and even a billboard read “welcome home Ben” and people stood along the roadside to welcome him. The Anniston Fire Department displayed its trucks in tribute and firefighters turned out in a show of respect.

Professional services is one of the broadest sectors of the nation’s economy, employing more than 7.5 million workers in such disparate jobs as accountants, advertising executives, architects, lawyers, scientific researchers and designers of computer systems.

Eighteen markets are home to more than 10,000 professional, scientific and technical services companies apiece, led by New York City (67,000 companies), Los Angeles (44,700) and Chicago (32,700).

New York also leads the nation in PST employment, counting 678,800 jobs within the sector. Twenty-eight other markets have more than 50,000 PST jobs.

On Numbers focused on the nation’s professional, scientific and technical services firms, using 2009 data from the U.S. Census Bureau, the latest figures available for the private sector.

Here is how other major cities in Florida fared in the database:

• The Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach area has 27,219 professional service companies and 138,004 private-sector employees for an annual payroll of $8.5 billion.
• The Tampa-St. Petersburg area has 10,059 professional service companies and 75,734 private-sector employees for an annual payroll of $4.3 billion.
• The Orlando-Kissimmee area has 7,473 professional service companies and 63,905 private-sector employees for an annual payroll of $4 billion.

Rubirosa, who was 16-2 heading into the Coastal 3-A Conference match in Morehead City, was able to move his arm before going into surgery, Jacksonville wrestling coach Brandon Akins said during a telephone interview.

“His mom and brother had said before he went in (surgery) the doctor asked him if he could move anything and he lifted up his arm. He was able to move that. So that was a good sign,” Akins said. “He had some (feeling).”

Akins said Rubirosa was able to talk but any prognosis would have to wait until after surgery.

“We’re waiting to hear,” he said.