Allegations that South Florida Rep. Tim Mahoney paid money to a former staffer to cover up their illicit affair has moved him onto a list of at least 14 sitting members of Congress facing allegations of unsavory, unethical - or even illegal - conduct. ...more

October 18, 2008

The former chief engineers of a Panama-based cargo ship are scheduled to plead guilty to federal charges this afternoon, admitting they rigged the ship to bypass pollution controls, dumping oily sludge into the ocean. ...more

October 14, 2008

Roy K. Moore, 94, an FBI agent who oversaw investigations into some of the most notorious civil rights-era killings, including those depicted in the movie "Mississippi Burning," died Sunday in a Madison nursing home of complications from pneumonia. ...more

October 14, 2008

Timeline of the Steven Lorenzo/Scott Schweickert case ...more

October 11, 2008

John A. "Junior" Gotti plotted with his father and other high-ranking members of the Gambino crime family to establish a foothold in Tampa by secretly investing in local businesses as far back as 1989, federal prosecutors say in a new court filing. ...more

September 26, 2008

John A. "Junior" Gotti plotted with his father and other high-ranking members of the Gambino crime family to establish a foothold in Tampa by secretly investing in local businesses as far back as 1989, federal prosecutors say in a new court filing. ...more

September 25, 2008

Former U.S. Rep. Mark Foley is not expected to face charges after a lengthy investigation into his lurid messages to underage congressional pages, two federal law enforcement officials told The Associated Press on Thursday. ...more

September 19, 2008

WEST PALM BEACH - Former U.S. Rep. Mark Foley isn't expected to face charges after a lengthy investigation into his lurid messages to underage congressional pages, two federal law enforcement officials told The Associated Press today. ...more

September 18, 2008

Attorneys said Wednesday they are trying to free a reputed Ku Klux Klansman after a federal appeals court overturned the three life sentences he was serving for the 1964 abduction of two black teenagers who died after being beaten and thrown in the Mississippi River. ...more

September 11, 2008

Michael Tringali, indicted in July along with former partner Neil Mohamed Husani and two other men on federal charges that they orchestrated an $82.8 million scheme to defraud seven banks on Florida's west coast, is seeking a federal judge's permission to travel to Atlanta as needed for business. ...more

August 29, 2008