Faced with a grand jury investigation, embattled House Speaker Ray Sansom stepped down from his leadership role Friday. ...more

January 31, 2009

New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson on Sunday announced that he was withdrawing his nomination to be President-elect Barack Obama's commerce secretary amid a grand jury investigation into how some of his political donors won a lucrative state contract. ...more

January 5, 2009

Bill Richardson has withdrawn his nomination to be Barack Obama's commerce secretary, according to an Associated Press report. ...more

January 4, 2009

A grand jury probe into the Haines City Police Department has found that the top two men in charge used their rank and standing in the community to violate law enforcement ethics policies. ...more

November 14, 2008

Capt. Mervin Stewart of the Haines City Police Department has been arrested and police Chief Morris West has resigned, according to the State Attorney's Office. ...more

November 13, 2008

Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, pleaded not guilty Thursday to federal charges of making false statements about more than $250,000 in renovations to his Anchorage-area home and was granted an unusually early trial date after requesting the chance to win acquittal before this fall's election. ...more

August 1, 2008

A federal grand jury is investigating mortgage lenders Countrywide Financial Corp., New Century Financial Corp. and IndyMac Bancorp Inc., a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press on Thursday. ...more

July 25, 2008

Blackwater Worldwide repaired and repainted its trucks immediately after a deadly September shooting in Baghdad, making it difficult to determine whether enemy gunfire provoked the attack, said people familiar with the government investigation of the incident. ...more

January 13, 2008

Two employees of the Pinellas County public works department involved in a grand jury investigation into a controversial land deal were demoted Friday. ...more

October 20, 2007

CLEARWATER - Two employees of the Pinellas County public works department involved in a grand jury investigation into a controversial land deal were demoted Friday. ...more

October 19, 2007