A group of suspected drug users arrested in Denver this weekend with methamphetamine, guns and bulletproof vests made racist threats against Barack Obama but posed no true danger to the presidential candidate as he accepts the Democratic nomination here this week, federal authorities said Tuesday. ...more

August 27, 2008

When Hillsborough County deputies arrested Rigoberto Moron Martinez on a domestic violence-related charge on Aug. 5, they knew he was a suspect in another investigation in St. Petersburg. ...more

August 26, 2008

A federal appeals court on Thursday ordered Cuban militant Luis Posada Carriles to stand trial in El Paso on immigration fraud charges. ...more

August 15, 2008

The fees that cell phone carriers charge customers who break service contracts took a big hit in a California courtroom when a judge said such charges by Sprint Nextel Corp. likely violate state law. ...more

July 30, 2008

Federal authorities say a 78-year-old Fort Myers mental health counselor drove to Tampa to meet two prepubescent boys so he could beat them and have sex with them. ...more

July 26, 2008

Florida Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink has called for an independent audit to ensure that Florida receives "every last dime" that WellCare Health Plans owes the state. ...more

July 26, 2008

TAMPA - A 78-year-old Fort Myers mental health counselor is accused by federal authorities of driving to Tampa to meet two prepubescent boys over the Internet so he could beat them and have sex with them. ...more

July 25, 2008

Hundreds of thousands of tractor-trailer and bus drivers in the United States carry commercial driver's licenses despite also having health issues that qualify for full disability payments, according to a federal report to be released Thursday. ...more

July 22, 2008

Lou Pearlman and federal authorities have finally agreed on how much the former boy-band promoter swindled from banks and investors in a decades-long scam: a staggering $300 million. ...more

July 17, 2008

Food should not make people sick. When it does, federal authorities need to move decisively to warn the public and, equally important, to isolate the problem. ...more

July 2, 2008