A sports car worth nearly $2 million, an 87-foot yacht and a guitar collection worth as much as $20,000 were among assets seized from a South Florida lawyer suspected of operating a massive fraud scheme, according to a court filing Monday. ...more

November 24, 2009

FORT LAUDERDALE (AP) — Federal prosecutors accused a high-profile South Florida attorney of concocting a Ponzi scheme that lured millions of dollars from investors with promises of big payoffs from legal settlements that never existed, according to court documents filed today. ...more

November 9, 2009

LOS ANGELES (AP) - With the United States all but certainly in a recession and many skittish consumers hesitant to buy even a cheap compact, it would seem the last thing anyone would need is a $400,000 Rolls-Royce Phantom. ...more

November 30, 2008

With the U.S. all but certainly in a recession and many skittish consumers hesitant to buy even a Honda Accord, it would seem the last thing anyone would need is a $400,000 Rolls-Royce Phantom. ...more

November 21, 2008

Somalia's increasingly brazen pirates are building sprawling stone houses, cruising in luxury cars, marrying beautiful women - even hiring caterers to prepare Western-style food for their hostages. ...more

November 21, 2008

Mr. Maestro's letter printed by Hernando Today on Jan. 9shared some of myhopes for financial relief for homeowners, many of which are only dreams. The third paragraph in particular touched on a topic I have personally felt unfair, sighting that paying school taxes is unfair to those of us who have had no school age children. This would put the responsibility for parents to pay what some would call "user fees." Those lavish cloths and electronic toys would be better spent on their education. ...more

January 11, 2008

Maggie Osceola Garcia lived in a chickee until age 14. Her family traded its traditional Seminole home of cypress logs and palm-thatch leaves for a rundown mobile home in a Bradenton migrant labor camp. ...more

November 27, 2007