As promised, federal authorities have amped up criminal mortgage fraud prosecutions. ...more

November 6, 2009

As promised, federal authorities have amped up criminal mortgage fraud prosecutions. ...more

November 3, 2009

For years federal officials have acknowledged that some components of marijuana provide relief to patients undergoing treatment for serious illnesses, yet the government's policy has consistently been to prosecute those who distribute or smoke it for medical reasons. ...more

October 26, 2009

Federal authorities made 1,785 arrests nationwide, including 138 in Florida, during a six-month initiative by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. ...more

October 16, 2009

Older men using a popular drug to treat urinary problems are more than twice as likely as those who do not to suffer serious complications after cataract surgery, also a common treatment among older adults, a study has found. ...more

May 21, 2009

An elephant seized from a Balm-based circus in November died Friday. Officials with The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee said Ned, a 21-year-old Asian male elephant, died peacefully with caregivers. ...more

May 19, 2009

A Florida jockey and two other men have been indicted for what federal authorities are describing as a conspiracy to influence results at a Tampa horse racing track. ...more

May 6, 2009

Smuggling illegal immigrants into Florida is not against state law, but the House has unanimously passed a bill to change that. ...more

April 24, 2009

Jailed financier Bernard Madoff's 55-foot luxury yacht and a smaller vessel have been seized by U.S Marshals in Florida. ...more

April 1, 2009

Arrest warrants issued for 17 members of an international car-cloning ring - an organization that ran a cell in Tampa - were issued by the FBI today, laying open what had been a new and improved style of thievery that until recently went almost undetectable. ...more

March 24, 2009