The path is now clear for General Motors Corp. to leave bankruptcy protection in record time as a leaner company that is better equipped to compete in a brutal global auto market. ...more

July 10, 2009

Youssef Megahed is not charged with terrorism. But whether the Egyptian citizen was a potential terrorist or just an innocent college student has been a central question since his arrest in South Carolina in 2007, when deputies said he and Ahmed Mohamed had pipe bombs in the trunk of their car. ...more

March 16, 2009

A list of Bernard Madoff's assets filed Wednesday with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission will not be made public, said the regulator, which accused him in a lawsuit this month of directing a $50 billion fraud. ...more

January 1, 2009

If confirmed as attorney general, Eric Holder may have to consider removing himself from overseeing the Chicago corruption probe that ensnared Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, legal experts say. ...more

December 14, 2008

ST. AUGUSTINE (AP) - First came the health problems. Then, unable to work, Ada Noda watched the bills pile up. And then, suffocating in debt, the 80-year-old did something she never thought she'd be forced to do. ...more

August 31, 2008

First came the health problems. Then, unable to work, Ada Noda watched the bills pile up. And then, suffocating in debt, the 80-year-old did something she never thought she'd be forced to do. ...more

August 28, 2008

Being a federal judge is one of the most prestigious jobs in the law. In the Middle District of Florida, with two openings to fill, 36 applicants are vying for a chance at what many in the legal community consider their dream job. The applicants include 20 judges, six from Tampa. Among them are federal magistrates, state trial court judges, a Florida appellate judge, a judge with U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in Washington, D.C., and even an administrative law judge in Pennsylvania. ...more

November 12, 2007