IRS: Tax fraud turns to murder charges in California

June 25, 2013 

IRS: Tax fraud turns to murder charges in California

When Oakland, California rapper Brondon "Thudda Boy" McDaniel decided on his own last year to commit tax fraud, using a scheme he and two others devised a year earlier, he didn't realize the decision would result in his death, a prosecutor said Monday.

 NFL: Dolphins owner forms super PAC

June 24, 2013 

NFL: Dolphins owner forms super PAC

Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross has begun exacting his political revenge against state lawmakers who stood in the way of his proposed renovation to Sun Life Stadium.

 Mortgage lending rising again as banks ease policies

June 23, 2013 

Mortgage lending rising again as banks ease policies

Real estate agent Mickey Knickerbocker was as surprised as anybody when her client closed on a $905,000 Manhattan Beach town house using "piggyback" financing: a two-mortgage deal designed to minimize the down payment.

 California unemployment rate falls to 8.6%

June 23, 2013 

California unemployment rate falls to 8.6%

California's unemployment rate fell below 9 percent for the first time in nearly five years last month, signaling the economic recovery is finally gaining traction.