Philip Morris has been ordered to pay $300 million in damages to a former smoker in Florida, the largest award to date among thousands of lawsuits filed in the state against tobacco companies. ...more

November 19, 2009

Bucs DE Stylez G. White has accomplished more in the past four weeks than his coaches thought were possible. ...more

November 13, 2009

A spokeswoman for the Archdiocese said Tuesday the Rev. Alberto Cutie is also no longer head of St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church in Miami Beach. ...more

May 5, 2009

A woman arrested outside Britney Spears' home is a former "American Idol" hopeful who says she's making a paparazzi documentary. ...more

April 18, 2009

The auditor of Crocs Inc. says it has "substantial doubt" about the ability of the shoemaker to stay in business amid falling revenue. ...more

March 19, 2009

LOS ANGELES - The Southern California mother of octuplets said in a video posted online Wednesday that she - not her parents - is paying for the four-bedroom, three-bath home where she plans to raise her brood. ...more

March 11, 2009

The parent company of Outback Steakhouse and two other local companies landed on an unenviable list of companies most at-risk of defaulting on their debt. ...more

March 11, 2009

Twelve Fred Wild Elementary students had been taken out of school early by their parents by 1:20 p.m. on Wednesday. ...more

February 19, 2009

A former state representative fired from his job at the Department of Juvenile Justice had more than 350 images of adult pornography on his state laptop, according to a report. The 13-page report said the laptop belonging to former state Rep. Gus Barreiro, a Republican from Miami Beach, was used to view 42 Web pages containing "sexually explicit, sexually provocative and other content." ...more

February 12, 2009

"Dark Knight" indeed. Christian Bale can be heard in newly surfaced audio delivering a long, profanity-laced verbal thrashing to a cinematographer and anyone who tried to calm him down on the set of the upcoming "Terminator Salvation." ...more

February 3, 2009