Mob scion John A. "Junior" Gotti should stay behind bars while awaiting trial on charges he was involved in three gangland murders and cocaine trafficking, a judge ruled Thursday. ...more

January 15, 2009

A Colombian drug lord was sentenced to life in prison today, the culmination of an investigation by a multiagency task force created to stop the flow of cocaine from South America to the United States, federal prosecutors say. ...more

January 12, 2009

Judging from the reader reaction to the death a few days ago of political kingpin Ralph Hughes, I was reminded of that great line once uttered by Alice Roosevelt Longworth: "If you can't say something nice about someone, come over here and sit by me." ...more

July 6, 2008

The confessed mastermind of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on America said a courtroom artist at his arraignment Thursday made his nose look too big. ...more

June 6, 2008

Don and Erika Wallace have become Tampa General Hospital's largest benefactors with a recent $2 million donation toward the trauma center inside the hospital's new emergency room. ...more

May 21, 2008

A court clerk accused of leaking the identity of an undercover deputy received three years of probation in circuit court on Thursday. ...more

May 9, 2008