A Pinellas County telemarketer pleaded guilty today to tax evasion, admitting he failed to pay more than $136,000 in federal taxes in 2004. ...more

January 28, 2009

Word comes from Madison, Wis., that a telemarketer named Ted Zoromski quit his job this week over John McCain's message. ...more

October 25, 2008

What had earned me his recognition, his admiration, his uncharacteristic gesture of approval? Had I hung up on a telemarketer? Complained to a company about unsatisfactory service? Finally gotten angry and expressed my feelings at the time I felt them? All these would have been unusual for me. ...more

October 22, 2008

After getting into a verbal altercation with his 17-year-old live-in girlfriend, Jessie Antonio Dennard, 33, went on a rampage yesterday, police say, beating and kicking her to the point of unconsciousness and breaking her nose. ...more

June 21, 2008

Sometime during their eight-month relationship, Gary Lee Wilson Jr. made an ominous promise to Kelly Webster: ...more

December 18, 2007

AVON PARK ? Shannon Peacock summed up in four words the reason small businesses may be hesitant about exporting their products: ?fear of the unknown.? Peacock?s fears were alleviated after he attended an exporting workshop earlier this month that was hosted by the Hardee County Economic Development Council, Hardee County Chamber of Commerce, Florida?s Heartland Rural Economic Development Initiative and the Florida Foreign Trade Association ?It was informative,? said Peacock, the plant manager for Bowsmith Irrigation Inc. in Avon Park. ?They laid everything out in a way that I could understand.? ...more

October 28, 2007