More than 45 million Americans are smokers, and nearly 85 percent of them buy "light" cigarettes such as Marlboro Lights, which are advertised as having lower tar and nicotine. ...more

October 7, 2008

When residents of several neighborhoods near Orlando International Airport go to bed, they wonder what most homeowners don't: Is there a bomb under my house? ...more

September 18, 2008

A federal judge has approved a settlement in two class-action lawsuits filed against a St. Petersburg check authorizing company that had more than 8.4 million consumer records stolen and sold to direct marketers. ...more

September 4, 2008

A federal judge has approved a settlement in two class-action lawsuits filed against a St. Petersburg check authorizing company that had more than 8.4 million consumer records stolen and sold to direct marketers. ...more

September 3, 2008

The fees that cell phone carriers charge customers who break service contracts took a big hit in a California courtroom when a judge said such charges by Sprint Nextel Corp. likely violate state law. ...more

July 30, 2008

A former analyst for a St. Petersburg check authorizing company was sentenced Thursday to four years and nine months in federal prison for stealing more than 8.4 million consumer records that were sold to direct marketers. ...more

July 11, 2008

TAMPA - A former analyst for a St. Petersburg check authorizing company was sentenced this morning to four years and nine months in federal prison for stealing more than 8.4 million consumer records that were sold to direct marketers. ...more

July 10, 2008

The Milberg law firm said Monday that it will pay $75 million to settle a federal kickback case involving class-action lawsuits against some of the nation's biggest corporations. ...more

June 17, 2008

Mary had a little lamb / And when she saw it sicken / She shipped it off to Packingtown / And now it's labeled chicken." ...more

June 17, 2008

Bank of America Corp. Chief Executive Kenneth Lewis said Wednesday that there are no plans to call off its $4 billion deal to acquire Countrywide Financial Corp., and that he believes charge-offs and delinquencies in the United States will peak in the third quarter. ...more

June 12, 2008