Adoption officials said Wednesday that DNA tests indicate a Guatemalan baby reported stolen from her mother was being adopted by a U.S. couple, the first strong sign that the Central American nation's troubled adoption system relied in part on abducted children. ...more

July 24, 2008

This month, Cesar Manuel-Reina Verdecia went shopping at a Publix, police say, where he tried to purchase two gift cards for $600. ...more

July 20, 2008

Earlier this month, Cesar Maneul-Reina Verdecia went shopping at a Publix, police say, where he tried to purchase two gift cards for $600. ...more

July 19, 2008

Borrowers' Responsibility Regarding "Feds Adopt Plan To Protect Borrowers From Shady Lending Practices" (Nation/World, July 14): ...more

July 19, 2008

It strikes some voters as peculiar, even wrong, that it is possible for a president to be elected with fewer total votes than the closest rival. ...more

June 28, 2008

TAMPA - A Riverview woman was arrested today, accused by detectives of stealing more than $86,000 from an 80-year-old woman who suffers from dementia, according to an arrest affidavit. ...more

June 18, 2008

The school board has fired a former James Elementary School secretary accused of stealing almost $7,890 from an after-school program, officials said. ...more

June 18, 2008

Tim Keffalas of Tarpon Springs says James Hibbs, in op-ed page column in our June 7 print editions, shouldn't have gone out on a limb abd declared "McCain Can't Win." ...more

June 14, 2008

TAMPA - A woman on probation for felony organized fraud and other offenses is accused of bilking a local business out of as much as $100,000 through forged checks, police said. ...more

June 12, 2008

TAMPA - A three-month investigation into a southeast Polk County copper wire theft trend led to the arrest of two brothers from Kissimmee, deputies announced today. ...more

June 10, 2008