The new and improved "V" debuts on ABC Tuesday night with the alien reptiles aboard we have seen before, but this time they are more attractive and less militaristic. ...more

November 2, 2009

What deputies thought were pipe bombs and prosecutors describe as dangerous explosives were actually harmless, homemade model rockets, a defense lawyer told jurors as the trial of Youssef Megahed opened this morning. ...more

March 18, 2009

Cashiers, bartenders and waitresses now have a much greater chance of being caught if they sell alcohol to an underage person. ...more

March 10, 2009

The federal government has agreed to pay an undisclosed amount of money to a Massachusetts mobster who was accidentally shot by an FBI agent in Tampa in 2004. ...more

February 27, 2009

As Arthur G. Nadel made his way to New York on Thursday under the watchful eye of U.S. marshals, the clock ticked away on the 30-day time limit faced by prosecutors to indict the man accused of a hedge fund swindle before they would have to set him free. ...more

February 6, 2009

The traffic in and around Raymond James will be heavy before, during and after today's Super Bowl. ...more

February 1, 2009

Two unfortunate counterparts to democracy are greed and corruption. Rush Limbaugh has said that the salaries and perks extended corporate executives are none of the people's business. This is one of the few areas where he and I part company. I wonder if the recent near-collapse of our economy has changed his thinking. When business failures result in government bailouts, that cost is passed to taxpayers. Excessive salaries often result in stockholders being cheated. These consequences of poor and careless management alone place executives' salaries and perks in the public domain. ...more

January 31, 2009

A Sarasota hedge fund manager who went missing for 13 days after being accused of misleading investors will be held without bail pending trial, a federal magistrate ruled Friday. ...more

January 31, 2009

A Sarasota hedge fund manager who went missing for 13 days after being accused of misleading investors will be held without bail pending trial, a federal magistrate ruled today. ...more

January 30, 2009

Almost two years after the massive publicity surrounding the 40-year sentence of Cali Cartel leader Joaquin Mario Valencia-Trujillo for smuggling tons of cocaine into the United States, one of his longtime lieutenants was quietly sent away for life on Monday. ...more

January 17, 2009