He is conducting internal probe of his company. ...more

October 30, 2009

Here's a shovel-ready stimulus project guaranteed to give the sluggish economy a swift kick in the pants: my own federally subsidized hot tub. ...more

March 1, 2009

Curlin's looming presence in Saturday's $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic hardly scared away the competition. ...more

October 24, 2008

A former Tampa Housing Authority official was sentenced Friday morning to four years and two months in federal prison and three years' probation for his role in a scheme to steal more than $486,000 in federal rent subsidies. ...more

August 30, 2008

A former Tampa Housing Authority official was sentenced this morning to four years and two months in federal prison for his role in a scheme to steal more than $400,000 in federal rent subsidies. ...more

August 29, 2008

Alabama's largest county appears headed for the biggest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history, a $3.2 billion mess created by the nation's credit crunch and a colossal, corruption-riddled sewer project. ...more

August 16, 2008

Arnold Vallombroso told his 82-year-old neighbor in Shalimar Trailer Court he could make her some serious cash, according to authorities. All he needed was her to help a bit. ...more

August 6, 2008

Arnold Vallombroso told his 82-year-old neighbor in Shalimar Trailer Court he could make her some serious cash, according to authorities. All he needed was her to help a bit. Late last year, he told the woman he had a $900 million inheritance coming from Nigeria, a Pasco County Sheriff's Office report states. Because Vallombroso was out of work, he reportedly told her, he needed cash to pay customs so he could get the money. She bit but in the end wound up being out thousands of dollars. On Monday, Pasco deputies caught up with Vallombroso after receiving a tip that he was at his mother's home at 9033 Shawn Ave. He was arrested on a charge of scheme to defraud. He was being held Tuesday in the Land O' Lakes Jail with bail set at $5,000. ...more

August 5, 2008

The Milberg law firm said Monday that it will pay $75 million to settle a federal kickback case involving class-action lawsuits against some of the nation's biggest corporations. ...more

June 17, 2008

A former Tampa Housing Authority official was sentenced Thursday morning to two years in federal prison for his role in a scheme to steal more than $140,000 in federal rent subsidies. ...more

June 6, 2008