A Boston Globe reporter who reportedly sent racy e-mail to a married school official whom she covered while working as a reporter in Miami has resigned, the newspaper said Friday. ...more

September 27, 2008

Florida has failed to adequately investigate criminal backgrounds and take other steps to stop convicted felons from writing mortgages, a state review has found. ...more

September 17, 2008

When Charlie Crist appointed Second District Court of Appeal Judge Charles Canady of Lakeland to the Florida Supreme Court late last month, critics attacked his choice as political and ideological. ...more

September 14, 2008

On the same day they passed over one of their own to select a new superintendent, Pinellas County School Board members learned their choice also can have the same position in Miami-Dade County if he wants. ...more

September 11, 2008

As the silver Monte Carlo navigated the winding two-lane road tucked amid tree-lined hills in January, Willie Williams sat in the front seat and stared out the window in disbelief at his rural surroundings. ...more

August 26, 2008

University of Miami quarterback Robert Marve was told Friday he has been suspended for the season opener against Charleston Southern, his former high school coach and others confirmed Saturday. The suspension stems from an incident last year in Coconut Grove. ...more

August 24, 2008

Miami is a hotbed of fraud, according to a Miami Herald investigative article. Say what? Miami? Fraud? Of course Miami is known as a hotbed of illegal activity and has been for some time. But this is different on some level. The fraud uncovered by the FBI, according to the Herald report, involves billions of Medicare dollars stolen from taxpayers. ...more

August 20, 2008

When the Clemency Board last year approved Gov. Charlie Crist's proposal to automatically restore the voting rights of most felons, Attorney General Bill McCollum was the lone holdout. Now in the wake of the state's mortgage-broker scandal, McCollum is again painting all ex-offenders with a broad brush. ...more

August 18, 2008

Florida's top regulator of mortgage brokers said Tuesday that he will leave his post Sept. 30 amid continuing criticism for allowing thousands of ex-convicts to obtain mortgage brokering licenses and, in some cases, commit fraud. ...more

August 13, 2008

The outcry over Florida's mortgage brokering scandal has fueled tough new talk about keeping felons out of the business, no matter what crime they committed. ...more

August 11, 2008