If buying a home is the biggest purchase a family makes, choosing the right real estate agent must be pretty important, too. Most homebuyers pick an agent based on referrals from friends or family. But there's a new method emerging: Web sites that rank agents. But can these rankings be trusted? The Web site approaches vary and so do the results. ...more

November 28, 2008

Jeffrey Maricle told a jury last week that his leasing company went out of business in late October. He was testifying at a trial that ended with a finding of fraud against the company, Global Funding LLC. ...more

November 24, 2008

While working at a TJ Maxx store in Tampa, Lisa Languedoc created fake transactions, refunded the sales and pocketed more than $3,400, Hillsborough County deputies say. ...more

November 20, 2008

A Pinellas County civil trial has begun in the case of a crane-business owner from Illinois who says Clearwater-based Global Funding LLC promised a heavy equipment lease two years ago and took thousands of dollars as a deposit. ...more

November 17, 2008

Jan G. Muys of New Port Richey says American seems to be ready to shift to the left as most governments in western Europe have moved the other way in recent years. ...more

November 1, 2008

The mother of a missing 3-year-old girl was arrested Tuesday and charged with killing her daughter, even though the child's body has not been found during an exhaustive four-month search. ...more

October 14, 2008

I just saw in the news that ACORN is involved in more scandal in Missouri with voter registration fraud. This organization has people here in Highlands County taking advantage of the poor folks and getting them to register, sometimes two or three times, it is said. ...more

October 12, 2008

A Riverview woman working in a physician's office wrote prescriptions for oxycodone using fictitious names, Hillsborough County deputies say. ...more

September 9, 2008

Grow Financial is warning its customers about a fraudulent phone and e-mail scam. ...more

September 7, 2008

TAMPA Grow Financial is warning its customers about an e-mail scam. ...more

September 6, 2008