Please consider and include in the healthcare bill the product liability for prescription drugs and medical devises and remove the pre-emption of the law that prevents accountability for the drug makers. ...more

October 30, 2009

SPRING HILL An employee at a doctor's office is accused of using her position to call in painkiller prescriptions for herself. ...more

September 24, 2009

Companies offering hurricane and other property insurance coverage may need to raise rates because they're losing money, even though Florida hasn't had any serious storms in the past couple years, the state insurance commissioner said Tuesday. ...more

September 16, 2009

A 57-year-old Ruskin woman used a forged copy of a nursing license to help practice health care without a license, according to the Florida Department of Health. ...more

July 7, 2009

Words about Brett Favre's retirement always include a qualifier, and Vikings coach Brad Childress offered the latest: "As far as I know." ...more

May 22, 2009

A Panhandle sheriff indicted for corruption bought himself 41 new cars during 12 years in office. ...more

May 6, 2009

A pawn shop's 31-year-old assistant manager cost her store more than $35,000 by making fraudulent transactions, Hillsborough County deputies say. ...more

May 1, 2009

A federal bankruptcy judge signed off Tuesday on a plan to raise tens of thousands of dollars for victims of the Bernard Madoff fraud by auctioning off pricey New York Mets season tickets owned by the disgraced financier's investment firm. ...more

April 15, 2009

A volunteer treasurer at the Port Tampa United Methodist Church is accused of stealing $216,000 in church funds to support drug and gambling habits, police said. ...more

April 8, 2009

Pittsburgh Pirate minor league outfielder Jose Tabata read a statement in Spanish this afternoon expressing hurt about how his wife, Amalia Tabata Pereira, "lied to me." ...more

March 27, 2009