A new state law designed mainly to crack down on Medicaid fraud is having unexpected consequences by keeping some health care professionals from getting or keeping their licenses at a time when the state is suffering a shortage. ...more

October 31, 2009

Two former Florida A&M University fraternity brothers on Tuesday pleaded no contest to hazing a pledge and will avoid a third trial in the case. ...more

January 27, 2009

Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens has lost his bid for a seventh term. ...more

November 18, 2008

Controversy over ex-convict mortgage brokers reignites today when Attorney General Bill McCollum proposes overhauling professional licensing for felons. ...more

October 21, 2008

A judge is trying to decide whether he will overturn a jury verdict that determined a 21-year-old woman is guilty of child neglect in the drowning of her 9-month-old son. ...more

June 28, 2008

TAMPA - A judge is trying to decide whether he will overturn a jury verdict that determined a 21-year-old woman is guilty of child neglect in the drowning of her 9-month-old son. ...more

June 27, 2008

A man with felony convictions stole motorcycles, conspired to traffic in drugs and made violent threats against his girlfriend - all while he was paid thousands of dollars a month as a confidential informant for the FBI and Tampa Police Department, according to a judge's ruling released Monday. ...more

April 8, 2008

A reputed gang member showed off his guns and taunted police on an Internet video to come and get him - and they did just that. ...more

January 20, 2008

Christopher Wright took the witness stand Wednesday, hardly looking like someone who could have been involved in the brutal killing of John Benjamin. ...more

December 13, 2007

In Miami last month, Colombian immigrant Carlos Cruz Gallego testified against a man accused of beating him with a piece of re-bar. After his testimony, authorities detained Gallego for being in this country illegally, leading immigration advocates to howl in protest. ...more

December 2, 2007