Three new programs debut tonight, and all of them are losers. What are the odds of that? Pretty good, I'd say, considering the current state of television. ...more

March 31, 2009

The new defense lawyer for David Earley, who owes more than $377,000 in child support to his ex-wife and four children, says Earley might deserve a break because of mental illness or drug addiction. ...more

March 25, 2009

In a brief court hearing today, Pinellas Circuit Judge Frank Quesada called David Earley, 46, "the poster child of deadbeat dads" and said he is prepared to send Earley to prison for not supporting his kids. ...more

February 25, 2009

Growing up in Greenville, N.C., George Foley remembers hitting some of the most venerated, noted barbecue joints in the southern United States. ...more

January 30, 2009

"OK" was all David William Earley said when he faced a judge in Pasco County dressed in jail stripes today, charged with violating his probation and failure to pay $165,000 in child support. ...more

January 20, 2009

A tip led Pasco County sheriff's deputies to a man they had been chasing for two weeks for failing to pay nearly $165,000 in child support. ...more

January 20, 2009

David Earley is a family man. He lives on an acre-size lot with his wife, two young daughters, a dog and a horse. ...more

January 17, 2009

Sometimes, chronicling Pasco County's goings-on is like having a spot on the couch in Jerry Springer's green room. At any given moment - this week, for instance - the alert Pasco observer may find himself surrounded by unruly guests prepping for their moment on stage. ...more

January 16, 2009

David Earley is a family man. He lives on an acre-size lot with his wife, two young daughters, a dog and a horse. ...more

January 15, 2009

David Earley is a family man. He lives on an acre-sized lot with his wife, two young daughters, a dog and a horse. But one thing about Earley, 42, sets him apart from other dads in the neighborhood. He's a fugitive hiding in plain sight, wanted by the law since 2007 on felony charges of failure to pay child support. A list of Florida's deadbeat parents, administered by the state Department of Revenue, is the best measure of the growing problem that Earley represents: The list of cases has increased more than 100,000 during the past five years, to 792,000. ...more

January 14, 2009