A 37-year-old woman has pleaded guilty to racketeering charges in a mortgage fraud scheme involving one of the nation's largest subprime mortgage companies, Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum said. ...more

February 14, 2008

Two teenagers are accused of using a knife and a handgun to rob a friend of his prescription medicine. ...more

February 2, 2008

An Ocala jury went home without reaching a verdict Thursday in the tax evasion trial of Wesley Snipes. ...more

February 1, 2008

The jury in actor Wesley Snipes' tax case completed its first full day of deliberations Wednesday without a verdict. Snipes and two co-defendants are accused of fraud and conspiracy in an eight-count 2006 indictment. The action star faces six additional charges for failing to file tax returns from 1999 to 2004. ...more

January 31, 2008

A former London police chief said Thursday that Princess Diana would not have died in Paris if she had been willing to accept protection from British officers. ...more

January 18, 2008

TAMPA - Four people have been indicted on charges they conspired with a former state motor vehicle department clerk to take bribes in exchange for commercial driver's licenses. ...more

January 8, 2008

The American working class must declare war on Mexico, and we cannot expect any help from those who are supposed to lead. "They," in and out of government, are aiding and abetting illegal foreign nationals. First, we must demand that "our" National Guard be brought home from foreign nations, to patrol and secure our borders. Second, all illegal foreign nationals should be removed from American soil. The Guest Worker Program should also be stopped and those who have over-stayed should be sent home. Anchor babies of illegals should also not be given citizenship. Wet foot, Dry foot laws should also be changed. Many are coming by way of Mexico. Third, we must demand that NAFTA, Cafta, W.T.O, and all so called fair trade deals be overturned, and new deals in trade, where there is a level playing field, be brought in. ...more

January 5, 2008

After buying a kilogram of cocaine from an undercover detective on Dec. 19, two Bradenton men offered to pay $148,000 for a total of seven installments, Tampa police said. ...more

December 29, 2007

A member of the Colombian Medellin-based drug cartel who coordinated the kidnapping of an undercover federal agent in 2005 has been arrested, federal authorities said Friday. ...more

December 29, 2007