A Sarasota lawyer has admitted participating in what authorities have said was an $82.7 million mortgage loan scheme that defrauded seven banks. ...more

February 4, 2009

The cats of New Zealand will just have to be judged by someone else. A federal judge denied Wednesday a bid by a defendant charged in an $83 million mortgage loan scheme to leave the United States to judge a cat show. ...more

August 14, 2008

The cats of New Zealand will just have to be judged by someone else. A federal judge this morning denied a bid by a defendant charged in an $83 million mortgage loan scheme to leave the United States to judge a cat show. ...more

August 13, 2008

Two men accused of an $83 million mortgage loan scheme are asking a judge to let them travel while they are free on bond. ...more

August 12, 2008

Two men charged in an $83 million mortgage loan scheme are asking a judge to let them travel while they are free on bond. One of the men wants to judge a cat show in New Zealand, and the other wants to travel for his real estate consulting business. ...more

August 11, 2008

LAKE PLACID — "You don't train cats. They train you." That's how Judy Eastwood, the president of the American Cat Fanciers Association, summarized the experiences of dozens of cat breeders who assembled at the American Legion Post 25 Saturday and Sunday. Approximately, 50 contestants and more than 130 cats from places as far as Wisconsin packed the post for the "Mardi Gras Cat Show." Through all the breeding, feeding, grooming, pampering and travel expenses, they compete only for ribbons and plaques. And some make a lifestyle out of it. ...more

February 18, 2008

Feb. 23 will still be a dog day afternoon at the 61st annual Pasco County Fair. ...more

January 1, 2008