Make no mistake about it, the ballot proposal "Florida Hometown Democracy" is a bad idea that, if passed, would begin a nightmare of voting on every growth and planning issue at the local level. ...more

November 18, 2007

TAMPA - A former immigration agent employed at MacDill Air Force Base was arrested in Tampa Friday night in connection with the rape of a 39-year-old Jamaican detainee, according to records and published reports. Wilfredo Vazquez, 35, is accused of sexually assaulting the mother of two at his Tamarac home, in Broward County, on Sept. 21, the Miami Herald reported in today's edition, citing a criminal complaint filed Friday in Miami federal court. ...more

November 17, 2007

Sen. John Kerry, whose 2004 presidential campaign was torpedoed by critics of his Vietnam War record, said Friday that he has personally accepted a Texas oilman's offer to pay $1 million to anyone who can disprove even a single charge of the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth. ...more

November 17, 2007

The family of an 8-year-old girl who was molested on an airplane didn't want her to face the trauma of a second trial, a federal prosecutor told a judge Monday. ...more

October 30, 2007

TAMPA - The family of an 8-year-old girl who was molested on an airplane didn't want her to face the trauma of a second trial, a federal prosecutor told a judge this morning. The family's desire not to put the child through having to testify was the reason the government decided to dismiss a charge against Ronald Evan Mays, said Assistant U.S. Attorney Amanda Kaiser. ...more

October 29, 2007

The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed an ethics complaint against an Orlando judge because he has resigned. It included an allegation he had made unwanted sexual advances. ...more

October 27, 2007

A jury deliberated for more than two hours today before clearing a Port Richey pastor of a misdemeanor battery charge. ...more

October 24, 2007

The man told jurors he awoke to his pastor straddling his body and kissing his chest. ...more

October 24, 2007

Federal prosecutors have decided not to retry a Palm Harbor man after a judge overturned his conviction on sexually abusing an 8-year-old girl on an airplane. ...more

October 16, 2007

TAMPA - Federal prosecutors have decided not to retry a Palm Harbor man after a judge overturned his conviction on sexually abusing an 8-year-old girl on an airplane. ...more

October 15, 2007