Land once touted for Rays stadium sold to beer distributor
By Mark Puente, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, March 6, 2012 ST. PETERSBURG — Ninety-six acres once considered a possible location for a new Tampa Bay Rays baseball stadium will become the home for one...
View ArticleMitchell High wins state championship in school's first hockey season
By David Rice, Times Correspondent Tuesday, March 6, 2012 NEW PORT RICHEY — A year ago, Mitchell High School didn't have a hockey team.Today, they have state champions.The squad came together last...
View ArticleTampa's toll road authority survives state takeover attempt, for now
By Michael Van Sickler, Times/Herald Tallahassee Bureau Tuesday, March 6, 2012 TALLAHASSEE — The University of South Florida and the Tampa-Hillsborough Expressway Authority must feel like brothers in...
View ArticleAs Super Tuesday results pour in, Mitt Romney starts rolling
By Alex Leary, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, March 6, 2012 COLUMBUS, Ohio — With 10 states voting on Super Tuesday, Mitt Romney is looking for a knockout punch in the Republican presidential race.But...
View ArticleMitt Romney wins tight Ohio duel
By Alex Leary, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, March 6, 2012 COLUMBUS, Ohio — Mitt Romney scored a cliff-hanger win in Ohio's presidential primary, taking the marquee match-up in Super Tuesday elections...
View ArticleBreaking down judge's ruling against Florida's pension law
By Aaron Sharockman, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, March 6, 2012 What happened?Leon County Circuit Court Judge Jackie Fulford ruled Tuesday that the state's 2011 law requiring that members of the...
View ArticleWitnesses recall chaos at fatal Riverview grad party
By John Barry, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, March 6, 2012 TAMPA — At the 2010 high school graduation party in Riverview, the kids had guns, the chaperones had guns. When the shooting started at 1 a.m.,...
View ArticleWitnesses recall chaos at fatal Riverview graduation party
By John Barry, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, March 6, 2012 TAMPA — At the 2010 high school graduation party in Riverview, the kids had guns and the chaperones had guns. When the shooting started at 1...
View ArticleAuto-accident fraud bill bogs down Senate
By Tia Mitchell, Times/Herald Tallahassee Bureau Tuesday, March 6, 2012 TALLAHASSEE — The debate got prickly, lawmakers got confused by conflicting amendments and top Senate Republicans were dealt...
View ArticleMother sues caregivers over drowning death of son with Down Syndrome
Times Staff Tuesday, March 6, 2012 TAMPA — The mother of an adult with Down Syndrome who drowned last March has filed a wrongful death suit against his caregivers. Estella Acree's suit claims that...
View ArticleEx-Scientology leader Debbie Cook tells of fear and pursuit by church officers
By Joe Childs and Thomas C. Tobin, Times Staff Writers Tuesday, March 6, 2012 The call rattled Debbie Cook and her husband Wayne Baumgarten. Starting new lives in San Antonio, Texas, after working...
View ArticleTampa Riverwalk to honor six local trailblazers
By Richard Danielson, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, March 6, 2012 TAMPAWhen nine local historians met to pick the first six pioneers to be honored on Tampa's Riverwalk, they came up with three men, two...
View ArticlePakistani man who tweeted raid on Bin Laden speaks at Eckerd College
By Dan Sullivan, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, March 6, 2012 ST. PETERSBURG — Sohaib Athar was up late at his home in Abbottabad, Pakistan, when he heard a helicopter hovering near his house. Puzzled,...
View ArticleUp next in the Republican presidential primary
By Adam C. Smith, Times Political Editor Tuesday, March 6, 2012 Patience, everybody. The Republican presidential primary isn't over yet.Super Tuesday brought Mitt Romney closer to the nomination, even...
View ArticleWoman hospitalized after Clearwater apartment fire
Times staff Tuesday, March 6, 2012 CLEARWATER — A 38-year-old woman was taken to a local hospital after firefighters extinguished an apartment fire at 407 S. Jupiter Ave.Clearwater firefighters...
View ArticleCapitol Buzz: 5 things to watch today in Tallahassee
By Brittany Alana Davis, Times/Herald Tallahassee Bureau Wednesday, March 7, 2012 Here's what we're watching on Day 58 of the 2012 Legislature:• Three days remain in session, and only 12 bills have...
View ArticleMan, 52, struck and killed by SUV in Mango crash
By Danny Valentine, Times Staff Writer Wednesday, March 7, 2012 MANGO — A 52-year-old Seffner man was struck and killed by an SUV on Tuesday night as he was crossing East Martin Luther King Jr....
View ArticleSeffner man, 52, struck and killed by SUV in Mango
By Danny Valentine, Times Staff Writer Wednesday, March 7, 2012 MANGO — A 52-year-old Seffner man was struck and killed by an SUV on Tuesday night as he was crossing E Martin Luther King Jr....
View ArticleSt. Petersburg, race officials dedicate part of Honda Grand Prix to Dan Wheldon
By Marissa Lang, Times Staff Writer Wednesday, March 7, 2012 ST. PETERSBURG — City and IndyCar racing officials want to ensure the memory of two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Dan Wheldon lives...
View ArticleSt. Petersburg pays tribute to Dan Wheldon by renaming a street after him
By Jim Tomlin, Times Staff Writer Wednesday, March 7, 2012 ST. PETERSBURG — The spot where Dan Wheldon made the crucial pass to win the inaugural IndyCar Grand Prix of St. Petersburg is now named for...
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