The new leader at USA Track and Field sent a letter to President Bush asking him to deny Marion Jones' request to commute her six-month prison sentence for lying to federal agents about her use of performance-enhancing drugs and a check-fraud scam. ...more

July 22, 2008

Shares of WellCare Health Plans soared today, a day after the company said it was restating more than three years' worth of financial statements due to accounting errors. At noon, the stock stood at $38.47, up $9.24 or 32 percent from Monday's close of $29.23. A Bloomberg News report quoted a Wachovia Securities analyst crediting the spike to the small size of the restatement. ...more

July 22, 2008

WellCare Health Plans said Monday that it will restate more than three years' worth of financial reports because of accounting errors relating to government contracts with Florida and Illinois. ...more

July 22, 2008

WellCare Health Plans said Monday it will restate more than three years' worth of financial reports because of accounting errors relating to government contracts with Florida and Illinois. ...more

July 21, 2008

Federal agents raided Blackwater Worldwide this week as part of an investigation into whether the private security company sidestepped federal laws prohibiting the private purchase of automatic assault rifles, the company said Thursday. ...more

June 27, 2008

TAMPA - Authorities seized 104 potential weapons from people who came to the rally Wednesday for presidential candidate Barack Obama at the St. Pete Times Forum, police spokeswoman Laura McElroy said. ...more

May 23, 2008

WellCare Health Plans, an administrator of government-sponsored health care plans that is under investigation by the U.S. attorney's office, on Thursday laid off 208 employees, including some at its Henderson Road headquarters. ...more

May 23, 2008

A building contractor who admitted taking bribes from former city housing chief Steve LaBrake has been released early from his probation sentence. ...more

May 10, 2008

TAMPA – A building contractor who admitted taking bribes from former city housing chief Steve LaBrake has been released early from his probation sentence. ...more

May 9, 2008

Undercover agents who posed as college students to bust more than 100 suspected drug dealers at San Diego State University never had to crack a book to gain acceptance on campus. All it took was cash. ...more

May 8, 2008