The Pentagon will investigate its procedures in light of the Fort Hood shooting rampage, looking at how all the military services keep a watch on potential problems in their ranks, officials said Tuesday. ...more

November 17, 2009

For three years, the federal agency in charge of preventing Medicare fraud repeatedly ignored internal watchdog warnings about swindlers stealing millions of dollars by scamming several programs, documents show. ...more

November 15, 2009

Authorities say two swimmers and a kayaker drowned off Panhandle beaches over the Easter weekend. ...more

April 13, 2009

The stuff with Jay Cutler sounds more and more like a petulant kid who got his feelings hurt and has gone into full-pout mode, writes Joe Henderson. ...more

March 17, 2009

The Florida Department of Children and Families never received a call from a neighbor reporting child abuse by a man now charged with killing a toddler in his care, an agency spokeswoman said this morning. ...more

March 16, 2009

For years, there were red flags - so many they could have massed into a crimson blanket. ...more

March 1, 2009

ST. JOHN'S, Antigua - Regulators in the Caribbean took over Antiguan banks owned by Texas financier R. Allen Stanford on Friday, hoping to contain damage to the local economy as U.S. investigators explore an alleged fraud scheme involving billions of dollars. ...more

February 21, 2009

When somebody is unwillingly bobbing in the water between the Sunshine Skyway Bridge and McKay Bay, more than likely, members of Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 75 will spot him and pull him from the drink. ...more

February 18, 2009

On the weekend of the Daytona 500, new Detroit Tigers pitching coach Rick Knapp used a NASCAR analogy to talk about a pitching staff that was wracked by injuries in 2008. ...more

February 14, 2009

Neighbors had their suspicions about the house on Whitmarsh Street. Particularly, they were concerned about the boy who lived there. He always acted withdrawn and shy around other children. His adopted mother worked him like a slave in the backyard planting flowers and trees, according to neighbor Pat Guttman. ...more

February 13, 2009