Deadbeat dads and moms across the country are discovering that their economic stimulus checks from Washington - intended to encourage the purchase of TVs, cars and other goods - are being intercepted and funneled toward the support of their children. ...more

September 10, 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

Risky, Bold, Smart Move In reading this past Sunday's edition of the Hernando Today, I came across the letter from Fred Peters in which he mentions me by name and says I misrepresented the facts regarding the issue of who was responsible for making Social Security benefits taxable. ...more

September 6, 2008

This letter is in reference to the article "When a Promise Isn't Kept." I was having my morning cup of coffee and I picked up the Highlands Today, dated Aug. 22, and saw the Three Stooges; oh I'm sorry, the Four Stooges, complaining like my mom used to say, "Complaining about how hard they have it with a loaf of bread under each arm." Ford, G.M. and Chrysler are in the shape they are today because of men like these four, wanting more and more! No wonder we are called ugly Americans! The days of working at the same job for 20 years are mostly over and the younger guys coming up don't get benefits like these guys anymore. ...more

August 25, 2008

Florida ranks highest among all states for mortgage fraud, according to a report released today by Reston, Va.-based Mortgage Asset Research Institute. ...more

August 25, 2008

Give Power To Individuals Regarding "Preserve Social Security" (Letters, Aug. 18): ...more

August 25, 2008

Joan Atkins of Palm Harbor says Barack Obama's "socialistic agenda illustrates that he is seemingly unqualified to become our nation's next president." ...more

August 23, 2008

Wilfredo Vazquez had three forged Social Security cards and forged immigration identification Monday night when a Hillsborough County deputy pulled over a vehicle he was in, deputies say. ...more

August 19, 2008

Social Security turns 73 this month, marking over seven decades of one of the nation's most successful and important social programs. As Barack Obama has said, it is "the cornerstone of the social compact in this country." ...more

August 18, 2008