FL Debt Consolidation in Florida

South Florida's three major daily newspapers announced Friday they will exchange basic stories during a three-month trial as each struggles to maintain coverage after cutting their newsroom staffs.

As Federal Emergency Management Agency damage assessment teams continue to identify damage from Tropical Storm Fay, five south and central Florida counties became eligible to receive individual federal ...

Florida politicians attending the Democratic National Convention here are warning that Barack Obama faces deep hostility in certain Jewish communities and that the campaign might not be doing enough to counter ...

Florida lottery officials said Thursday that Kirby Sapp turned in the winning ticket from a February Mega Money drawing just hours before it would have expired.

The celebrity bounty hunter who helped orchestrate the release of Casey Anthony, whose 3-year-old daughter has been missing since mid-June, said that he plans to revoke her bond and now believes that she ...

Authorities say they have completed autopsies on four bodies found off the Florida Keys last week, but haven't determined a cause of death for any of the men.

Hit by a bad economy and election-year politics, Gov. Charlie Crist's popularity is starting to fade a bit, according to a new poll.

Gov. Charlie Crist today appointed Charles T. Canady of Lakeland to the Florida Supreme Court.

A rendering of Disney Children's Hospital. There are video games in the patients' rooms and familiar Disney characters, including a 6-foot Baloo the bear, in the lobby.

The Justice Department on Wednesday recommended a dramatic reduction in the prison sentence of imprisoned lobbyist Jack Abramoff, who became the key witness against lawmakers and congressional aides he spent ...

Gov. Charlie Crist made it easier for felons to vote Wednesday, but advocates questioned why he waited so long.

Republicans finally have a candidate to try to take back the congressional seat they lost after the Mark Foley scandal in an election Tuesday that otherwise lacked excitement.

As governor, Jeb Bush graded Florida's schools and now he's grading state lawmakers.

This is actually a lot harder than what Lewis and Clark did. Yes, they had to cross thousands of miles of hostile wilderness surviving on pine needles and squirrel jerky.

A new poll shows Barack Obama trailing John McCain 47 percent to 43 percent in Florida, even as Obama spent millions in the state trying to introduce himself on local TV, while McCain has yet to spend a dime.

Republicans have been waiting almost two years to try to take back the congressional seat they lost after Rep.

A South Florida teenage girl has been arrested on an aggravated assault charge after police say she chased children with knives.

Ted Stevens, the longest-serving Republican in Senate history, faces six challengers Tuesday in Alaska's primary, but his recent indictment on corruption charges poses little threat to Stevens' quest for the ...

Florida insurance regulators Monday rejected State Farm's request to boost rates by an average of 47.1% on its homeowners policies in the state.

The remnants of Tropical Storm Fay spread over a wide swath of the South on Monday, bringing heavy rain and wind from Georgia to Louisiana that many hoped would help land parched for months by drought conditions.

Floridians, meanwhile, continued to mop up floodwaters created by the storm that stuck around for a week and made a historic four landfalls, dumping more than 30 inches of rain along the central Atlantic coast. Republican Gov. Charlie Crist, dressed in blue jeans and a golf shirt, helped an elderly woman out of a boat that had taken her from her inundated home.