Commissioner tried to help stepsister who died in Seminole Heights fire
By Stephanie Wang, Times Staff Writer Sunday, April 1, 2012 TAMPA — Hillsborough County Commissioner Al Higginbotham stood Sunday in front of a run-down, burned-out Seminole Heights house. Remorse...
View ArticleFlorida: fertile ground for pro-gun laws
By Toluse Olorunnipa, Times/Herald Tallahassee Bureau Sunday, April 1, 2012 TALLAHASSEE — The shooting of Trayvon Martin has brought an avalanche of criticism directed at Florida's "stand your ground"...
View ArticleFlorida serves as proving ground for progun laws
By Toluse Olorunnipa, Times/Herald Tallahassee Bureau Sunday, April 1, 2012 TALLAHASSEE — The shooting of Trayvon Martin has brought an avalanche of criticism directed at Florida's "stand your ground"...
View ArticleTreasure Island police: Burglar calls girlfriend for getaway; she calls cops
By Will Hobson, Times Staff Writer Sunday, April 1, 2012 TREASURE ISLAND — Christian Philip Davidson needed a getaway car, according to a police report, so he called his girlfriend. But instead of...
View ArticleSt. Petersburg woman claiming to be contagious spits on officer, police say
By Will Hobson, Times Staff Writer Sunday, April 1, 2012 ST. PETERSBURG — A woman who spit on an officer's face and then said she had hepatitis C faces a charge of aggravated battery on a law...
View ArticlePolitiFact Florida: Are lawmakers protected by First Amendment against drug...
By Katie Sanders, Times/Herald Tallahassee Bureau Sunday, April 1, 2012 Miami Herald columnist Carl Hiaasen torched Florida lawmakers for passing a drug-testing bill for state workers that excluded...
View ArticleClearwater police: Weary of loud fire trucks, man shatters one of their...
By Will Hobson, Times Staff Writer Sunday, April 1, 2012 CLEARWATER — A man was tired of all the racket fire trucks were causing early one morning in February, according to an arrest report, so he...
View ArticleTrayvon Martin case fuels intense political debate on left and right
By Marc Caputo, Miami Herald Sunday, April 1, 2012 From suspect to victim to cultural symbol, Trayvon Martin has metamorphosed into a political point of departure over race.When President Barack Obama...
View ArticleTampa police investigating shooting
By Danny Valentine, Times Staff Writer Monday, April 2, 2012 TAMPA — A young man was hospitalized in serious condition early Monday after he was shot, according to police.The shooting happened on the...
View ArticleMan arrested in New Port Richey after shooting at deputies
By Danny Valentine, Times Staff Writer Monday, April 2, 2012 NEW PORT RICHEY — A man believed to be suicidal and armed with a high-powered rifle, handgun and a cache of ammo was arrested early Monday...
View ArticlePasco deputies: Suicidal man shot, killed after pointing gun at SWAT team
By Danny Valentine, Times Staff Writer Monday, April 2, 2012 DADE CITY — A 23-year-old man who threatened a family member with a gun was shot and killed early Monday after pointing his weapon at...
View ArticleTroubled veteran dies in Dade City standoff
By Alex Orlando and Danny Valentine, Times Staff Writers Monday, April 2, 2012 DADE CITY — On a street where everybody seemed to know each other, Justin Johnathan Plaza stood out as a stranger."He...
View ArticleTwo found dead as police investigate shooting at Clearwater home
By Marissa Lang, Times Staff Writer Monday, April 2, 2012 CLEARWATER — A man and woman were found dead in a home near Frisco and Deer Run drives early Monday after gunshots were heard in the area,...
View ArticleClearwater police: Murder-suicide leaves two dead in Countryside home
By Will Hobson and Marissa Lang, Times Staff Writers Monday, April 2, 2012 CLEARWATER — If you visited the Pier 60 sunset celebration at Clearwater Beach over the past decade and walked past the...
View ArticleClearwater police: Murder/suicide leaves two dead in Countryside home
By Will Hobson and Marissa Lang, Times Staff Writers Monday, April 2, 2012 CLEARWATER — If you visited the Pier 60 sunset celebration at Clearwater Beach over the past decade and walked past the...
View ArticleSt. Petersburg man, 84, dies in hospital nearly week after collision
By Marissa Lang, Times Staff Writer Monday, April 2, 2012 ST. PETERSBURG — An 84-year-old man who was hospitalized last week after a car crash on Ninth Ave N and 49th Street died of his injuries...
View ArticleA look at what happened the night Trayvon Martin died
By Frances Robles, Miami Herald Monday, April 2, 2012 Sunday evening, Feb. 26: It was raining in Central Florida while the NBA All Stars game and the Oscars were about to begin on TV.A 17-year-old...
View ArticleAnalysis of Rubio-Bush-Ryan plan: Stop Rick Santorum
By Marc Caputo, Miami Herald Monday, April 2, 2012 Marco Rubio sounds worried. So do Jeb Bush and Paul Ryan.Their candidate, Mitt Romney, is losing to President Barack Obama. The GOP primary is...
View ArticleIn this 2012 presidential campaign, where is George W. Bush?
By Maggie Haberman and Alexander Burns, POLITICO Monday, April 2, 2012 George W. Bush is everywhere and nowhere in the 2012 presidential race.Reviled by Democrats and generally avoided as a campaign...
View Article'Bucs' bank' Community Bank has a new name
By Jeff Harrington, Times Staff Writer Monday, April 2, 2012 For a change, a fast-growing Tampa Bay area bank is changing its name without changing its ownership.Community Bank & Co., a Manatee...
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