I live in a deed-restricted town home community and have a neighbor who thinks the county's right of way is her personal property. She will not allow me to put out my trash bags for pickup and throws my garbage and yard waste onto my driveway when I do. The association, various police officers, and waste removal service representatives have all spoken to her about this, and yet she refuses to allow me to utilize this service area. It makes a mess and has to be rebundled. ...more

November 22, 2009

More than five years after a hit-and-run that killed two children, the woman who was behind the wheel is asking a court for protection from her creditors. ...more

October 22, 2009

Amid all the foreclosures in Tampa and around the country, illegal evictions have become widespread. ...more

June 17, 2009

Today's savvy pet owners have hurricane plans, diet plans, exercise plans, even travel plans for their beloved animal companions. ...more

March 27, 2009

Bernard Madoff's wife could theoretically claim more than $100 million in assets - and should forfeit it all, according to federal prosecutors. ...more

March 16, 2009

We are a small condominium association with an on-site manager who does an outstanding job. Some of the owners are here only during the winter months. The question is, do homeowners have the authority to tell the manager that they are the employer and the manager is the employee? ...more

March 1, 2009

Police accused a 20-year-old man and two teenagers of attacking three people in Copeland Park on Tuesday, stabbing one of them. ...more

October 22, 2008

Though Sarah Palin depicts herself as a pit bull fighting good-old-boy politics, in her years as mayor she and her friends received special benefits more typical of small-town politics as usual, an Associated Press investigation shows. ...more

September 28, 2008

Jurors who have been told to refrain from judging O.J. Simpson on his past heard a recording Thursday of a police employee exulting: "This is great. ... California can't get him. ... Now we'll be able to." ...more

September 19, 2008

LAS VEGAS (AP) - A prosecutor told jurors Monday they will find "the true face" of O.J. Simpson during the former football star's trial on charges of robbing sports memorabilia dealers a year ago. ...more

September 16, 2008