Christine Armario

November 13, 2015 | Daily Business Review

I was born in the United States, but my family never let me forget that we're Cuban.

By Christine Armario

6 minute read

November 13, 2015 | Daily Business Review

I was born in the United States, but my family never let me forget that we're Cuban.

By Christine Armario

6 minute read

October 10, 2014 | Daily Business Review

While the number of Cubans trying to reach the United States by sea also grew to nearly 4,000 people this past year, the biggest jump by far came from people entering the U.S. by land.

By Michael Weissenstein and Christine Armario

5 minute read

October 06, 2009 | Daily Report Online

TAMPA, Fla. AP - The University of South Florida was locked down for a time Monday after someone reported a man with a gun and a bomb near the library, and police had one person in custody.No one reported shots being fired or injuries. Students were told to return to their normal routine about three hours later.Vincent Thomas-Perry McCoy, 23, a USF student, was arrested and charged with making a false report.

By CHRISTINE ARMARIO

2 minute read

February 05, 2009 | Daily Report Online

TAMPA, Fla. AP - The families of three pediatric cancer patients sued a Florida hospital this week, claiming their children died after contracting fungal infections from renovations being performed at the facility.The lawsuit filed by parents against St. Joseph's Hospital Inc. in Tampa on Tuesday claims the children were exposed to pathogenic fungi because the hospital failed to properly seal off an area under renovation.

By CHRISTINE ARMARIO

4 minute read

August 05, 2008 | Daily Report Online

TAMPA, Fla. AP - John A. "Junior" Gotti has been indicted on conspiracy charges in Florida, linking him to large-scale cocaine trafficking and the slayings of three New York men in the late 1980s and early '90s, federal officials said Tuesday.Federal prosecutor Robert O'Neill announced the indictment of the 44-year-old Gotti and five other men at a news conference.

By CHRISTINE ARMARIO and TOM HAYS

2 minute read

January 27, 2009 | Daily Report Online

TAMPA, Fla. AP - A Florida hedge fund manager who disappeared this month just as he was due to pay investors $50 million turned himself in to authorities Tuesday to face federal securities and wire fraud charges.Arthur Nadel, accompanied by two attorneys, surrendered in Tampa, about an hour north of his home in Sarasota, the FBI said.

By CHRISTINE ARMARIO and LARRY NEUMEISTER

3 minute read

March 04, 2010 | Daily Report Online

MIAMI AP - The U.S. Department of Education named 16 finalists Thursday in the first round of its "Race to the Top" competition, which will deliver $4.35 billion in school reform grants.Selected from a pool of 41 applicants are: Colorado, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina and Tennessee.

By CHRISTINE ARMARIO

4 minute read

January 20, 2009 | Daily Report Online

SARASOTA, Fla. AP - Around the same time he mysteriously vanished, hedge fund manager Arthur G. Nadel owed a $50 million payout to some of the investors who had entrusted their life savings to him, an accountant said Monday.Instead, they learned their money was gone - and now they're left asking if it was all a bad investment, or if they were scammed.

By CHRISTINE ARMARIO

4 minute read

May 29, 2012 | Daily Report Online

"Unleash the dog trainer inside you," urges an ad for the online Animal Behavior College, which makes no bones about whom it's trying to recruit. In television and online ads, it speaks directly to military spouses. The message: You may be able to attend for free.

By Christine Armario

9 minute read