A physician and the owner of several pain clinics are facing trial in February on federal charges that they doled out pain pills to drug addicts and cheated Medicare out of more than $200,000. ...more

December 1, 2009

More than five years after a hit-and-run that killed two children, the woman who was behind the wheel is asking a court for protection from her creditors. ...more

October 22, 2009

President Barack Obama sided with the Bush administration Friday, saying detainees in Afghanistan have no constitutional rights. ...more

February 20, 2009

Circuit City Stores Inc. is asking a U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge for permission to pay up to $4.65 million in retention bonuses to some of its employees to keep them as the chain winds down its business affairs. ...more

February 13, 2009

The parents of a Tampa teenager who died in North Carolina during a fraternity's "Hell Week" plan to file a civil lawsuit against the Theta Chi fraternity, the students involved in the incident and Lenoir-Rhyne University, according to the family's attorneys. ...more

January 15, 2009

A 71-year-old man who spent his mother's Social Security money on himself and on female companions has been sentenced to two years in federal prison. ...more

January 14, 2009

An underground plume of industrial chemicals has spread farther than previously thought and is contaminating the air inside homes, according to new filings in a federal class-action lawsuit. ...more

January 10, 2009

An underground plume of industrial chemicals in the Azalea area of St. Petersburg has spread farther than previously thought and is contaminating the air inside homes, according to new filings in a federal class-action lawsuit. ...more

January 9, 2009

Treasure hunting company Odyssey Marine Inc. said in court filings that it has found two more sunken ships near the entrance to the English Channel. ...more

November 7, 2008

There are two qualified candidates running to replace the retiring Pasco County Clerk of Circuit Court. It won't be easy for either candidate to fill the shoes of Jed Pittman, who's been in office for more than three decades. ...more

October 22, 2008