CORY LAKE ISLES - The ongoing legal battle between developer Gene Thomason and 20 homeowners suing him and his company for fraud got uglier Thursday when the community development district tacked $500,000 for "extraordinary" legal costs onto an already-swelling budget. If the CDD board approves the new budget in August, homeowners would be faced with a $1,106 increase in next year's assessments. ...more

July 24, 2008

SANTOGOLD: SANTOGOLD (Downtown) *** If you're looking for something different yet relevant, "Santogold" is it. ...more

July 14, 2008

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, appearing for the first time since his capture five years ago, said he would welcome becoming a "martyr" after a judge warned Thursday that he faces the death penalty for his confessed role as mastermind of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. ...more

June 6, 2008

The confessed mastermind of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on America said a courtroom artist at his arraignment Thursday made his nose look too big. ...more

June 6, 2008

Philipp Freiherr von Boeselager, 90, thought to be the last surviving member of the inner circle of plotters who attempted to kill Adolf Hitler in 1944 with a briefcase bomb, died Thursday. ...more

May 3, 2008

Did the action-movie star duck and roll under the tax system, or was he simply asking the Internal Revenue Service for help in filing his returns? ...more

January 13, 2008

The Rev. Hamilton Throckmorton shivered with anticipation as he gazed at the loot - wads of $50 bills piled high beside boxes of crayons in a Sunday school classroom. ...more

December 23, 2007

A disbarred Clearwater lawyer pleaded guilty on Tuesday to conspiracy and wire fraud, admitting he stole millions in a real estate scheme. ...more

December 19, 2007

TAMPA A - disbarred Clearwater lawyer pleaded guilty this morning to conspiracy and wire fraud, admitting he stole millions in a real estate scheme. Graham Kligerman, 33, was disbarred two years ago. When his law practice was failing, according to court documents and a federal prosecutor, he diverted money from the real estate scheme to himself and his law practice clients. ...more

December 18, 2007

Pasco County sheriff's deputies say three men could be responsible for as many as 150 auto burglaries from April through August in this growing central county community. ...more

October 11, 2007