RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A federal court has given a Brazilian family until Thursday morning to turn over custody of a 9-year-old boy to his U.S. father. ...more

December 23, 2009

A Florida appeals court has reversed a lower court decision, ruling the state must give full faith and credit to adoptions granted to same-sex couples by other states. ...more

May 13, 2009

The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear an appeal by Hillsborough County bikini bars over a county law restricting such businesses. ...more

April 30, 2009

Attorney General Bill McCollum has sent the Northwest Florida State College trustees a letter saying it is illegal to advertise government meetings in one town but hold it in another town far away - something the college did when holding a meeting that's linked to the controversy over House Speaker Ray Sansom. ...more

January 28, 2009

The attorney for two bikini bars in Hillsborough County has asked a federal appeals court to rehear arguments that a county law restricting such businesses is unconstitutional. ...more

October 10, 2008

A federal appeals court ruled Friday in favor of environmentalists seeking protection for the endangered North Atlantic right whale, giving those activists a victory in a long-running fight to prevent collisions of the giant mammals with ships. ...more

July 19, 2008

The state Supreme Court on Thursday denied the appeal of a man convicted in the 1998 murder of Vicki Robinson, a killing in which he was aided by her 15-year-old daughter. ...more

June 6, 2008

TAMPA - The state Supreme Court today denied the appeal of a man convicted in the gruesome 1998 murder of Vicki Robinson, a killing in which he was aided by her daughter, who was 15 at the time. ...more

June 5, 2008

Companies will be able to scuttle investor attempts to nominate board members under a plan adopted Wednesday by a bitterly divided Securities and Exchange Commission. ...more

November 28, 2007

The Sunshine Law: All official action by boards or commissions shall be open to the public. ...more

November 25, 2007