The Virginia couple who crashed this week's state dinner at the White House met face to face with President Barack Obama in the event's receiving line, officials acknowledged Friday as the Secret Service began investigating whether the couple broke any criminal laws by getting inside without an official invitation. ...more

November 28, 2009

A White House official says the Virginia couple who attended a state dinner without an invitation met President Barack Obama in the receiving line. ...more

November 27, 2009

The Secret Service says it's looking into its own security procedures after determining that two people crashed Tuesday night's state dinner at the White House. ...more

November 25, 2009

Hillsborough County sheriff's detectives have arrested a Walmart cashier and five other people accused of using stolen credit card numbers to buy $13,000 in store gift cards this week. ...more

November 11, 2009

A former Tampa Tribune credit manager accused of conspiring with his wife to steal more than $1 million from the newspaper and its parent company plans to plead guilty and expects to go to prison. ...more

November 5, 2009

President Barack Obama is in the small town of Arcadia, where is delivering an energy policy speech at a solar power plant. ...more

October 27, 2009

TAMPA A 33-year-old Tampa man has been sentenced to 21 months in federal prison for food stamp fraud, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office. ...more

July 10, 2009

The election of a new president always gets the connection game rolling. ...more

March 28, 2009

A Clearwater convenience store clerk pleaded guilty Wednesday to charges he bought hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of food stamps from customers at a discount. ...more

March 26, 2009

A Clearwater convenience store clerk pleaded guilty today to charges he bought hundreds of thousands of dollars of food stamps from customers at a discount. ...more

March 25, 2009