Spanish authorities have scored a major victory in their legal battle to reclaim a half-billion dollars worth of sunken treasure found and recovered by Tampa-based ocean salvager Odyssey Marine Exploration. ...more

December 24, 2009

The city of Clearwater may have backed itself into a legal corner in its efforts to regulate a painting of fish. If the city's legal arguments prevail in court, it could wind up with a law that requires residents and business owners to obtain permits for holiday displays. ...more

March 4, 2009

A frustrated Florida Democratic activist plans to appeal to the Supreme Court after a federal appeals panel dismissed his claim that the national party improperly stripped the state of its delegates to the national convention. ...more

February 2, 2009

The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear the appeal of Steven Lorenzo, who is serving 200 years in federal prison for drugging and sexually torturing nine men. ...more

February 2, 2009

A federal judge told lawyers this afternoon to get ready to take the case of Youseff Megahed to trial. ...more

January 26, 2009

The Supreme Court has rejected the appeal of Tampa Bay Buccaneers fan who challenged the team's pat-down searches. ...more

January 21, 2009

A British national who started out trying to sell a radioactive isotope from Russia pleaded guilty today to a federal drug charge. ...more

January 20, 2009

A man at the center of a case that began with a plan to sell a radioactive, dirty bomb component has agreed to plead guilty to a federal drug charge. ...more

January 17, 2009

A man at the center of a case that began with a plan to sell a radioactive, dirty bomb component has agreed to plead guilty to a federal drug charge. Christopher Benbow, 64, was sentenced in 2007 to life in prison, but had his drug conviction overturned by a federal appeals court. He was scheduled to go on trial again later this month. ...more

January 16, 2009

A Tampa political consultant continued his challenge today to the way the national Democratic Party penalized Florida for holding its primary earlier than the party wanted. ...more

January 8, 2009