Using phony documents and the identities of a dead man and a 5-year-old boy, a government investigator obtained U.S. passports in a test of post-9/11 security. ...more

March 13, 2009

It will cost at least $1 billion more than the Bush administration expected to deploy advanced radiation detection equipment at the country's ports, government auditors said Monday. ...more

September 23, 2008

Gov. Charlie Crist recently announced that the state restored the civil rights of 115,000 ex-offenders since certain clemency rules were changed in April 2007. But that number may be somewhat illusory. ...more

August 1, 2008

The federal government's consolidated terrorist watch list has become a central issue in the debate about how we can best secure our homeland. Unfortunately, myths about the watch list continue to grow in just about every report and retelling. ...more

July 28, 2008

The State Department insisted Friday it can handle the growing demand for passports, despite congressional investigators' findings that the agency has not overhauled the system to avoid a repeat of last summer's backlog fiasco. ...more

July 26, 2008

TAMPA – A federal judge has refused to dismiss a counterclaim filed in federal court by a Dade City lawyer who is accusing the recording industry of using deceptive tactics against college students named in music downloading lawsuits. ...more

May 7, 2008

A House task force voted Friday to end an investigation into a disputed 2006 Florida congressional election after extensive testing showed that touch-screen voting machines likely worked properly. ...more

February 9, 2008

Touch-screen voting machines likely performed properly and were not to blame for the large number of undervotes in the District 13 congressional election in 2006, federal investigators said in a draft report obtained Wednesday by The Associated Press. ...more

February 7, 2008

Millions of $40 government coupons become available today to help low-tech television owners buy special converter boxes for older TVs that might not work after the switch to digital broadcasting. ...more

December 31, 2007

A long-awaited report on steroid and performance-enhancing drug use in Major League Baseball, which is expected to be released today, will lay blame at all levels of the sport for a widespread drug problem and call for drastic changes in the league's drug-testing program, according to sources briefed on the investigation. ...more

December 13, 2007