A Florida jockey and two other men have been indicted for what federal authorities are describing as a conspiracy to influence results at a Tampa horse racing track. ...more

May 6, 2009

A former Army Corps of Engineers consultant on trial for bribery was working behind the scenes to improve a Hurricane Katrina levee project, not to profit from it, his defense attorney told jurors Monday. ...more

March 31, 2009

They told me if I voted for McCain, the nation's hope would deteriorate, sure enough there has been a 20 point drop in the Consumer Confidence Index since the election, reaching a lower point than at any time during the Bush administration. ...more

March 26, 2009

If you have a bag of pot in your pocket, it's not a good idea to pick a fight with a cop, or to offer a bribe on an installment plan after you've been arrested. ...more

February 8, 2009

These are the results of the Tribunes annual Mrs. Harvey's White Fruitcake Haiku Contest. ...more

December 15, 2008

An internal audit found Hillsborough County's Affordable Housing Office to be mismanaged, yet it let the county's top manager, Administrator Pat Bean, off the hook. ...more

December 11, 2008

Plaxico Burress plans to turn himself in to police this morning in New York City and plead not guilty to criminal possession of a weapon, his lawyer said. ...more

December 1, 2008

Alabama's largest county appears headed for the biggest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history, a $3.2 billion mess created by the nation's credit crunch and a colossal, corruption-riddled sewer project. ...more

August 16, 2008

Two men who pleaded guilty in April are scheduled to be sentenced this morning on charges they were middlemen in a bribery scheme through which unqualified people obtained commercial driver's licenses. ...more

July 29, 2008

Richard "Dickie" Scruggs, who became one of the wealthiest trial lawyers in the country by taking on tobacco, asbestos and insurance companies, was sentenced Friday to five years in prison for conspiring to bribe a judge. ...more

June 28, 2008