Miami is a hotbed of fraud, according to a Miami Herald investigative article. Say what? Miami? Fraud? Of course Miami is known as a hotbed of illegal activity and has been for some time. But this is different on some level. The fraud uncovered by the FBI, according to the Herald report, involves billions of Medicare dollars stolen from taxpayers. ...more

August 20, 2008

Three candidates for the Pasco County School Board covered such topics as teacher pay, student safety and relations with the county commission as they squared off at a candidate forum. ...more

August 7, 2008

Pineapple Express In another Judd Apatow comedy, a stoner and his dealer go on the run after the pothead witnesses a cop commit a murder. We sent our TBO.com Street Team to check it out and share their thoughts. ...more

August 7, 2008

"Moscow Rules," by Daniel Silva (Putnam, $26.95) ...more

August 3, 2008

The following column is dedicated to families who are moving, thinking of moving or know that a move is in the near future due to the economy or a job change. ...more

July 20, 2008

TAMPA - Memo to bad guys: Take your cell phone with you after committing a crime. Tampa police say they made arrests in two crimes yesterday because people left their phones behind. ...more

July 15, 2008

Violence in Iraq is at its lowest level in four years, but ask Capt. Mike Forbes, and he will tell you his job as a troop commander in Baghdad has gotten harder, not easier. ...more

July 13, 2008

Whatever you want to call it – to cheat, hoodwink, victimize, bamboozle, misrepresent – and the list goes on; flimflamming customers is alive and well in the U.S. We are a nation of crooks. ...more

June 14, 2008

Throw another body in the Jon Gruden bone yard. And count Chris Simms among the fed up. ...more

June 11, 2008

Florida summers are a great time for planting. One good storm can drop 1 to 3 inches of rain, which soaks into the soil and encourages roots to follow. Plants with deep roots will grow up to be drought-tolerant. ...more

May 29, 2008