Barack Obama on Tuesday abruptly abandoned his nomination fight for Tom Daschle and a second major appointee who failed to pay all their taxes, fearing a lingering ethics dispute would undercut his claims to moral high ground and cripple his presidency in just its second week. "I screwed up," Obama declared. ...more

February 3, 2009

House Republicans unanimously chose Rep. Larry Cretul as their new leader Monday night, setting the stage for him to replace Ray Sansom permanently as House speaker. ...more

February 3, 2009

House Republicans unanimously chose Rep. Larry Cretul as their new leader, setting the stage for him to replace Ray Sansom as House Speaker next month. ...more

February 2, 2009

Police have absolved two former "persons of interest" of any involvement with the murder of a local property appraiser. ...more

January 29, 2009

Attorney General Bill McCollum has sent the Northwest Florida State College trustees a letter saying it is illegal to advertise government meetings in one town but hold it in another town far away - something the college did when holding a meeting that's linked to the controversy over House Speaker Ray Sansom. ...more

January 28, 2009

The state attorney in Tallahassee will investigate complaints about House Speaker Ray Sansom, a grand jury decided today. ...more

January 26, 2009

"Dateline NBC" will air a report tonight into the case of Rachel Hoffman, a Clearwater resident fatally shot in May while acting as a confidential informant for Tallahassee police. ...more

January 23, 2009

Monty Albright was homeless on Wednesday. Now he's got a bed at the county jail. ...more

January 23, 2009

A 25-year-old Poinciana man investigators say is connected to a slaying in May was indicted today by a Polk County grand jury. ...more

January 22, 2009

July 15 – Casey Anthony, the mother of 2-year-old Caylee, tells the Orange County Sheriff's Office that her daughter has been missing since June 9. July 17 – Anthony is arrested on charges of child neglect and criminal obstruction after investigators find the mother has lied to them numerous times. ...more

December 11, 2008