More than one in five borrowers of federal student loans who attend for-profit colleges default within three years of repayment, new figures made available by the U.S. Department of Education on Monday show. ...more

December 13, 2009

Allan Katz of Tallahassee, a Democratic Party activist and early supporter of President Barack Obama, has been nominated ambassador to Portugal. ...more

November 30, 2009

WellCare Health Plans Inc. turned a profit in the third quarter, due in part to lower medical and general expenses. ...more

November 5, 2009

Florida State University couldn't convince the NCAA to reverse its decision to strip the school of wins in 10 sports following an academic cheating scandal. ...more

June 18, 2009

Florida news organizations and The Associated Press are suing the NCAA and Florida State University, saying they violated open government laws by not making public correspondence about an academic cheating scandal at the school. ...more

June 15, 2009

Florida State coach Bobby Bowden will have to wait a little longer to find out if he'll lose up to 14 victories. The NCAA gave its Committee on Infractions another week until June 2 to respond to Florida State's appeal of sanctions resulting from an academic cheating scandal. ...more

May 26, 2009

Sheriff beleives Vernon headed in right direction ...more

March 26, 2009

The sheriff's finance director was given a written reprimand Friday for her drunken driving arrest last summer. ...more

March 25, 2009

A written reprimand was given to the sheriff's finance director on Friday for her drunken driving arrest. ...more

March 24, 2009

Cuban-American voters in Miami remain dominated by an older generation with more extreme views on U.S.-Cuba foreign policy, including support for the U.S. embargo against their communist homeland, according to an exit poll taken during the 2008 election. ...more

March 22, 2009