A 64-year-old St. Petersburg man described in court papers as "a sex tourist of epic proportion" has been sentenced to more than nine years in federal prison after he pleaded guilty to federal charges, admitting he traveled to Asia to have sex with children. ...more

November 16, 2007

TAMPA - A former Hillsborough County employee pleaded guilty this afternoon to federal charges for her part in a scheme that helped scores of illegal immigrants get false drivers' licenses. ...more

November 7, 2007

A federal jury on Tuesday convicted a former nuclear plant worker of concealing the worst corrosion ever found at a U.S. reactor. A second defendant was acquitted. ...more

October 31, 2007

TAMPA - A judge on Tuesday ordered attorney Barry Cohen not to directly contact Hillsborough County Sheriff David Gee about the case of Sabrina Aisenberg. ...more

October 30, 2007

Soldiers, Not Guards Regarding 'the Perils Of Privatizing Security' (Our Opinion, Oct. 5): ...more

October 12, 2007

The Atlanta Falcons are entitled to recover nearly $20 million in bonus money paid to disgraced quarterback Michael Vick, an arbitrator ruled Tuesday. The players' union vowed to appeal. ...more

October 10, 2007

Mortgage finance company Freddie Mac will pay $50 million to settle federal charges that it fraudulently misstated earnings over a four-year period. ...more

September 28, 2007

A trip that began as a routine charter boat jaunt to the Bahamas turned horribly wrong somewhere on the high seas, with four crew members still missing Wednesday and two men who hired the vessel in custody facing federal charges. ...more

September 27, 2007

The Heliopolis Club is an oasis in the heart of an upscale Cairo suburb. It is home to the family of Ahmed Mohamed, a 26-year-old student at the University of South Florida indicted on federal terrorism charges. ...more

September 14, 2007

The leader of an unrecognized American Indian tribe was arrested Thursday in a raid by federal authorities investigating claims the group sold tribal memberships to immigrants with the promise that joining would provide U.S. citizenship. ...more

September 7, 2007