Three Hillsborough residents forced to jump from windows to escape...
By Danny Valentine, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, March 20, 2012 BRANDON — Three people were injured after jumping out of their second-floor windows when a fire broke out early Tuesday at an apartment...
View ArticleMovie review: 'The Hunger Games' is right on point
By Steve Persall, Times Movie Critic Tuesday, March 20, 2012 Leaner than Harry Potter's adventures, meaner than the Twilight saga, The Hunger Games lives up to its source if not entirely the hype. The...
View ArticleJury selection continues in Lindsey trial
By Curtis Krueger, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, March 20, 2012 LARGO — Jury selection has resumed in the murder trial against Nicholas Lindsey, the teenager accused of shooting St. Petersburg police...
View ArticleLindsey defense: It was manslaughter, not first-degree murder
By Curtis Krueger, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, March 20, 2012 LARGO — Defense attorneys say they will seek a manslaughter verdict for Nicholas Lindsey, the teenager accused of murdering St. Petersburg...
View ArticlePasco School Board rejects four-day school week
By Jeffrey S. Solochek, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, March 20, 2012 LAND O'LAKES — The four-day week idea is dead for Pasco County schools.Pasco County School Board members unanimously panned the...
View ArticleClearwater hit-and-run injures 77-year-old man walking his dog
By Drew Harwell, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, March 20, 2012 CLEARWATER — A 77-year-old-man is in critical condition after he was hit by a vehicle early Tuesday morning, Clearwater police said.Edward...
View ArticleClay Aiken, reality celebs will give buzz to Grand Prix
Times staff Tuesday, March 20, 2012 Race organizers for the Honda Grand Prix in St. Petersburg announced Tuesday that after mining reality shows for some celebrity buzz, they have secured actor and...
View ArticleSpring Hill man accused of stealing, pawning jewelry
By John Woodrow Cox, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, March 20, 2012 A Spring Hill man was accused Monday of stealing more than $20,000 in jewelry from a woman's home before selling the merchandise to area...
View ArticleTax fraud thief steals identify of slain Tampa police officer
By Jessica Vander Velde, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, March 20, 2012 TAMPA — Months after police Officer David Curtis was slain on duty, his widow tried to file her tax return. But the electronic...
View ArticleTax fraud thief steals identity of slain Tampa police officer
By Jessica Vander Velde, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, March 20, 2012 TAMPA — Months after police Officer David Curtis was slain on duty, his widow tried to file her tax return. But the electronic...
View ArticleTrial begins in the 2010 murder of Tampa teenager
By John Barry, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, March 20, 2012 TAMPA — The gunman robbing the dice game wore a ski mask. He fired one shot. It wounded one dice player and killed the 17-year-old boy...
View ArticleTampa Bay construction employment falls to lowest level since 1990
By Jeff Harrington, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, March 20, 2012 Tampa Bay's already depressed construction industry just crumpled to a new low. For the 12-month period ending in January, the bay area...
View ArticleHear a loud boom in downtown Tampa? It's only a test
Times staff Tuesday, March 20, 2012 TAMPA — Downtown workers may hear something akin to a cannon firing this week.It's not a pirate invasion or a shoot-out in the streets. It's a test conducted by the...
View ArticleDeputies: Man fatally shoots terminally ill wife near Tampa
By Stephanie Wang, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, March 20, 2012 TAMPA — The yellow house at 4316 Clewis Ave. went up for public sale at 10 a.m. Tuesday.A foreclosure had proceeded while the couple who...
View ArticleTaylor Bean ex-CFO latest to plead guilty in mortgage fraud
Times staff Tuesday, March 20, 2012 The former chief financial officer of Ocala's Taylor, Bean and Whitaker, one of the nation's largest private mortgage companies until its 2009 collapse, pleaded...
View ArticleTainted jury pool forces judge to postpone Pasco murder trial
By Lisa Buie, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, March 20, 2012 DADE CITY — Tyree Jenkins was set to go to trial this week for the fatal shooting of two Wesley Chapel High School students on a dirt road six...
View ArticleJoe Maddon's special guest, Joe Namath, guarantees Tampa Bay Rays' win over...
By Marc Topkin, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, March 20, 2012 Tampa Bay Rays manager Joe Maddon said Tuesday's 3-2 win over the Miami Marlins was guaranteed by his special guest, Joe Namath."Joe...
View ArticleOfficials pull four from burning boat near Gandy Bridge
By Marissa Lang, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, March 20, 2012 ST. PETERSBURG — The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission rescued four people from a boat fire off the Gandy Bridge on Tuesday...
View ArticleOfficials pull mom and three kids from burning boat near Gandy Bridge
By Kameel Stanley, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, March 20, 2012 ST. PETERSBURG — Ann Steward and her boyfriend Michael Rossi thought they'd found their dream boat. The young couple recently saw a...
View ArticleOfficers respond to Azalea Middle School to break up brawls between students
Times staff Tuesday, March 20, 2012 ST. PETERSBURG — Ten police officers were summoned to Azalea Middle School this afternoon to break up what police officials described as "four to five separate...
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