Tamara Lush

September 24, 2009 | Daily Report Online

ISLAMORADA, Fla. AP - It's easy to see why bookkeeper Linda Mortimer moved to the Florida Keys 20 years ago: the impossibly blue water, the year-round sunshine, a lifestyle so laid-back that every day is like a Jimmy Buffett lyric.What Mortimer didn't anticipate was falling in love - and then getting divorced less than two years after taking her wedding vows.

By DEANNA MARTN and TAMARA LUSH

7 minute read

November 20, 2012 | Daily Report Online

A documentary says a Florida death-row inmate might have been involved in the murder of O.J. Simpson's ex-wife and her friend, a claim being criticized by one victim's family and being looked at skeptically by a detective who has dealt with the convict.

By Tamara Lush

6 minute read

July 16, 2008 | Daily Report Online

In a bad economy, fun is often the first casualty.For James Hedrick, that means it's a busy time in his line of work. He's one of those dreaded repo men.He spends his days scanning megayachts, sailboats and fishing skiffs as he steers his dinghy through a marina west of the city's skyscrapers, looking for a piece of the American dream.

By TAMARA LUSH

4 minute read

April 12, 2012 | Daily Report Online

SANFORD, Fla. AP - Neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman made his first court appearance Thursday on a second-degree murder charge in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, as a court document provided new details on the prosecution's case.During the brief appearance, Zimmerman stood up straight, looked straight ahead and wore a gray prison jumpsuit.

By Greg Bluestein and Tamara Lush

6 minute read

June 01, 2009 | Daily Report Online

By TAMARA LUSH

8 minute read

June 15, 2009 | Daily Report Online

FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida AP - Sal Lazzara needed some new office furniture. Thanks to a flamboyant financier's downfall, he found a matching set with an infamous pedigree.For $1,500, the Boca Raton restaurateur bought a maroon leather chair, a cherry-wood desk and a matching credenza - all once owned by Texas billionaire R.

By TAMARA LUSH

4 minute read

May 09, 2012 | Daily Report Online

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. AP - Public libraries in several states are pulling the racy romance trilogy "Fifty Shades of Grey" from shelves or deciding not to order the best-seller at all, saying it's too steamy or too poorly written.Even in the age of e-books and tablets, banning a book from a public library still carries weight because libraries still play such a vital role in providing people access to books.

By Tamara Lush

6 minute read

July 11, 2011 | Daily Report Online

The Inlet House condo complex in Fort Pierce, Fla., was once the kind of place the 55-and-older set aspired to. It was affordable. The pool and clubhouse were tidy, the lawns freshly snipped. Residents, push-carts in tow, walked to the beach, the bank, the beauty parlor, the cinema and the supermarket. In post-crash America, this was a dreamy little spot.

By Michelle Conlin and Tamara Lush

7 minute read

August 20, 2009 | Daily Report Online

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. AP - Nestled near a row of sultry, silvery-green palm trees and a 205-foot-long infinity pool, room 1508 at the National Hotel on South Beach is a portrait of Art Deco luxury. It is also where, on May 7, 2008, federal agents seized two computers, $22,000 in cash and a Glock 9 gun from a man known on the Internet as "soupnazi.

By TAMARA LUSH

6 minute read

March 11, 2011 | Legaltech News

A Florida judge has ordered a debt collection agency to not use Facebook or any other social media sites in an attempt to locate a woman over a $362 unpaid car loan. Judge W. Douglas Baird of the Florida 6th Judicial Circuit Court also ordered Mark One Financial of Jacksonville, Fla. to refrain from contacting the woman's family or friends on Facebook.

By Tamara Lush

2 minute read