They told me if I voted for McCain, the nation's hope would deteriorate, sure enough there has been a 20 point drop in the Consumer Confidence Index since the election, reaching a lower point than at any time during the Bush administration. ...more

March 26, 2009

Exxon Mobil Corp. posts the largest annual profit by a U.S. company with $40.6 billion. ...more

February 2, 2008

Wesley Snipes' attorneys admitted his ideas were crazy - that Americans don't generally owe taxes, and the IRS can't legally collect them anyway. ...more

February 2, 2008

Actor Wesley Snipes' defense team unexpectedly rested its case in his tax fraud trial Monday, cutting in half a proceeding once expected to last a month. ...more

January 29, 2008

A former Girl Scout leader was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison Thursday for stealing her troop members' Social Security numbers and using them in a tax-fraud scheme. ...more

January 25, 2008

Wesley Snipes' defense attorneys and former financial adviser sparred Thursday in court, the first impassioned moments in a tax fraud and conspiracy trial that could land the actor in prison. ...more

January 18, 2008

A longtime tax adviser warned actor Wesley Snipes he could get in trouble by hiring new accountants who said he didn't have to pay taxes, a federal prosecutor said Wednesday. ...more

January 17, 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

Conversations about race never seem far from the surface in Ocala. In a barbershop off the downtown square, on a porch stoop across the railroad tracks and on a sandy riverbank, Marion County residents are discussing the validity of statements made by a movie star who recently called into question the area's racial morality. ...more

January 13, 2008

Racism and the IRS are on the minds of Ocala residents in the days before actor Wesley Snipes' trial begins on charges of tax fraud. ...more

January 13, 2008