Voters' memo to politicians: We're angry and fearful, mostly about jobs and the economy. We want tangible solutions, not partisan bickering or intraparty spats. And we'll vote either party out of office if we don't think you're listening. ...more

November 5, 2009

Friday is the deadline to register for a workshop next week on swine flu legal issues affecting employers. ...more

October 28, 2009

Friday is the deadline to register for a workshop next week on legal issues for employers arising from the swine flu pandemic. ...more

October 27, 2009

The public will begin picking up the defense tab for Stephanie Ragusa, a former Hillsborough County middle school teacher accused of having sex with two students. Circuit Judge Wayne S. Timmerman granted a request today by Ragusa's attorney, Robert Herce, to have his client declared indigent. Prosecutors did not object. ...more

September 30, 2009

It will be until September before a new trial date will be set for Stephanie Ragusa. The former Davidsen Middle School teacher had been set to be tried Aug. 10 on charges of molesting two teenagers from the school. But defense attorney Robert Herce and Assistant State Attorney Rita Peters said today that there is still too much pretrial work remaining to meet that date. ...more

July 8, 2009

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April 17, 2009

Tampa police are investigating a fight video involving teenage girls that popped up on MySpace last week. The case has been assigned to a detective, who is following up on it today, said retired Sgt. Jim Contento, a department spokesman. ...more

April 2, 2009

Deputies say a woman threw a pair of scissors at her husband Tuesday, causing a bleeding wound on his ear. ...more

April 2, 2009

Deputies say a woman threw a pair of scissors at her husband Tuesday, causing a bleeding wound on his ear. ...more

April 1, 2009

As the Bay area struggles to emerge from the greatest housing downturn since the Great Depression, buyers are benefiting from the slump. First-time homebuyers are getting particularly good deals. They can move fast because they don't need to sell a home before closing, and they're taking advantage of the federal government's new $8,000 tax credit for new buyers. ...more

March 27, 2009