NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — Lawyers for an ambulance driver and a former politician accused of trying to extort millions from John Travolta urged jurors today to clear their clients, accusing the actor's attorneys of setting them up. ...more

October 20, 2009

NEW YORK (AP) -- Bow-tied schoolteacher Bob Crowley beat "Survivor" rivals Sugar and Susie to emerge as Sole Survivor on Sunday's season finale. At age 57 the oldest winner in "Survivor" history, Crowley will take his $1 million prize back home to Portland, Maine. Bearded, wiry and professorial-looking, he teaches high school physics in nearby Gorham. ...more

December 15, 2008

Jeffrey Maricle told a jury last week that his equipment leasing company, the subject of 65 consumer complaints and a state attorney general's investigation, went out of business in late October. ...more

November 29, 2008

A six-member jury has ruled against a Clearwater-based company accused of defrauding the owner of a crane company in Illinois by taking prepayment for a crane lease and giving nothing in return. ...more

November 17, 2008

A Pinellas County civil trial has begun in the case of a crane-business owner from Illinois who says Clearwater-based Global Funding LLC promised a heavy equipment lease two years ago and took thousands of dollars as a deposit. ...more

November 17, 2008

A Hollywood private investigator was convicted Thursday of federal racketeering and other charges for digging up dirt for his well-heeled clients to use in lawsuits, divorces and contract disputes against the rich and famous. ...more

May 20, 2008

Did the action-movie star duck and roll under the tax system, or was he simply asking the Internal Revenue Service for help in filing his returns? ...more

January 13, 2008

OCALA - Did the action-movie star duck and roll under the tax system, or was he simply asking the Internal Revenue Service for help in filing his returns? ...more

January 11, 2008

About 60 or 70 people, a few children and an infant or two gathered together in prayer and song at the Love Center Missionary Baptist Church, the only place they thought could help them make sense of a court verdict handed down hours earlier. ...more

October 14, 2007

PANAMA CITY, Fla. - About 60 or 70 people, a few children and an infant or two gathered together in prayer and song at the Love Center Missionary Baptist Church, the only place they thought could help them make sense of a court verdict handed down hours earlier. ...more

October 13, 2007