The U.S Environmental Protection Agency has turned a "blind eye" to Florida's Everglades cleanup efforts, while the state is violating its own commitment to restore the vast ecosystem, a federal judge ruled last week. ...more

August 3, 2008

A federal judge denied a new trial Monday morning for a video producer convicted in June of distributing obscene materials. ...more

July 29, 2008

A federal judge this morning denied a new trial for a video producer convicted in June of distributing obscene materials. ...more

July 28, 2008

BRADENTON - Tulani Cooper was defiant even at the end, telling a sheriff's lieutenant Wednesday he did not shoot him during a drug raid at a house teeming with crack cocaine, guns and bundles of cash. ...more

July 24, 2008

TAMPA - A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit by a Palm Harbor scholar who is suing the U.S. Treasury secretary for neglecting to circulate coins with the images of the 10 men he says were presidents before George Washington. ...more

July 15, 2008