Bank of America Corp., Countrywide Financial Corp. and other leading U.S. lenders adopted rules aimed at speeding the pace of mortgage modifications amid criticism that they haven't done enough to stem foreclosures. ...more

June 18, 2008

There are questions yet to be answered in that tragic shooting death of 17-year-old Javon Dawson in St. Petersburg. But this much we do know. There was a graduation party chaotic enough for the cops to be called to disperse it. And there were "celebratory" gunshots fired in the air. ...more

June 18, 2008

There are questions yet to be answered in that tragic shooting death of 17-year-old Javon Dawson in St. Petersburg. But this much we do know. There was a graduation party chaotic enough for the cops to be called to disperse it. And there were "celebratory" gunshots fired into the air. ...more

June 18, 2008

There are questions yet to be answered in that tragic shooting death of 17-year-old Javon Dawson in St. Petersburg. But this much we do know. There was a graduation party chaotic enough for the cops to be called to disperse it. And there were "celebratory" gunshots fired in the air. ...more

June 18, 2008

Our tree-hugging Vermont daughter is using her economic stimulus check to buy German-made parts to convert an old diesel Mercedes to run on bio-fuel strained from the discarded grease of a local McDonald's french frier. ...more

June 14, 2008

The Senate on Wednesday rejected a bid by Gulf state senators to add wind coverage to a financially strapped federal program that provides flood insurance. ...more

May 8, 2008

Rupert Murdoch's effort to turn his $580 million MySpace purchase into an advertising powerhouse has turned News Corp. into a toxic stock. ...more

April 22, 2008

Joe Lents hasn't made a payment on his $1.5 million mortgage since 2002. That's when Washington Mutual Inc. first tried to foreclose on his home in Boca Raton. The Seattle-based lender failed to prove that it owned Lents' mortgage note and dropped attempts to take his house. Subsequent efforts to foreclose have stalled because no one has produced the paperwork. ...more

February 22, 2008

The world's top economies on Saturday promised coordinated action to restore confidence in global markets as financial turmoil slows U.S. growth, but with each country having different priorities, they didn't offer a specific remedy. ...more

February 10, 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