Everglades, Kissimmee River restoration projects get boost from federal...
By Craig Pittman, Times Staff Writer Wednesday, December 21, 2011 Amid bitter partisan disputes over payroll tax cuts and other budgetary wrangling, the spending bill that Congress passed and...
View ArticlePasco deputies hand out food, blankets to those in need with help from...
By Lisa Buie, Times Staff Writer Wednesday, December 21, 2011 ZEPHYRHILLS Santa wore police stars and prison stripes. And he came to town Wednesday in the form of Pasco sheriff's deputies, civilian...
View ArticleHillsborough's new county commission districts unfair, Hispanic group says
By Bill Varian, Times Staff Writer Wednesday, December 21, 2011 TAMPA — A group of Hispanic leaders has filed a protest with the U.S. Department of Justice challenging Hillsborough County...
View ArticleRep. Buchanan's credibility takes hit in election report
By Susan Taylor Martin, Times Senior Correspondent Wednesday, December 21, 2011 Earlier this year, U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan claimed the Federal Election Commission had "completely exonerated'' him of...
View ArticleSkinhead gets life for homeless murders
Times Staff Writer Wednesday, December 21, 2011 TAMPA — A white supremacist convicted in October of killing two homeless men in 1998 was sentenced to life in prison Wednesday by a federal judge.James...
View ArticleCar fire backs up northbound traffic on Suncoast Parkway
Times staff Wednesday, December 21, 2011 LAND O'LAKES — A car fire has backed up northbound traffic on the Suncoast Parkway between State Road 54 and State Road 52.The fire was reported about 5:45...
View ArticleDespite trauma care costs, HCA thinks Tampa Bay hospitals can be profitable
By Letitia Stein, Times Staff Writer Wednesday, December 21, 2011 Saving the most critically injured patients is a money-loser for the local hospitals that do it. So why would a savvy, for-profit...
View ArticleSexual abuse victims speaking out, but not always publicly
By John Barry, Times Staff Writer Wednesday, December 21, 2011 Other victims of sexual abuse as children are finding their voices in the wake of the Penn State University scandal, only most not so...
View ArticleGenshaft takes heat for appointing interim USF-Poly leader
By Kim Wilmath, Times Staff Writer Wednesday, December 21, 2011 The way that University of South Florida president Judy Genshaft replaced the chancellor of her Lakeland campus has caught the ire of...
View ArticleRecords: Driver who struck and killed retired Clearwater nurse had drugs in...
Times staff Wednesday, December 21, 2011 TAMPA — A Tampa driver accused of running a stop sign and killing a retired Clearwater nurse had opiates in her system, a search warrant affidavit released...
View ArticleJudge dismisses wrongful-death lawsuit against Scientology
Times staff Wednesday, December 21, 2011 A wrongful-death lawsuit filed against the Church of Scientology and three church parishioners after the apparent suicide of a 20-year-old Virginia man who...
View ArticleIn downtown Tampa, candles help remember 61 homeless people who died in 2011
By Robbyn Mitchell, Times Staff Writer Wednesday, December 21, 2011 TAMPA — A name was said. Then a candle was lit. At the end, 61 candles had been lit in memoriam for the people without homes who...
View ArticleSilver Alert issued for missing 85-year-old Tampa man with dementia
By Marissa Lang, Times Staff Writer Thursday, December 22, 2011 TAMPA — An 85-year-old man with dementia went missing Wednesday after leaving his Tampa home for the store, officials said.Jose Latorre,...
View ArticlePolice release details in case of St. Petersburg woman who went missing for...
By Emily Nipps, Times Staff Writer Thursday, December 22, 2011 ST. PETERSBURG — More details emerged Thursday regarding a St. Petersburg woman who was missing for more than 24 hours before she turned...
View ArticleBoard of Governors members admonish Genshaft for lack of collaboration
By Kim Wilmath, Times Staff Writer Thursday, December 22, 2011 TAMPA — University of South Florida president Judy Genshaft got a tongue-lashing Thursday from state university system leaders for the...
View ArticleBathrooms at Pier 60 on Clearwater Beach gutted by suspicious overnight fire
By Rita Farlow, Times Staff Writer Thursday, December 22, 2011 CLEARWATER — The State Fire Marshal's Office on Wednesday was investigating a suspicious fire that destroyed the bathrooms near Pier 60...
View ArticleDunedin man in critical condition after motorcycle accident
By Rita Farlow, Times Staff Writer Thursday, December 22, 2011 TARPON SPRINGS — A 55-year-old Dunedin man was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries Wednesday night after losing control of his...
View ArticleHillsborough courthouse open Friday
Times Staff Writer Thursday, December 22, 2011 TAMPA — Gov. Rick Scott has offered a Friday holiday to state employees, but the Hillsborough County Circuit Courthouse will remain open."Whether you...
View ArticleMan orders beer, robs bank, returns to beer, Pasco deputies say
Times staff Thursday, December 22, 2011 PORT RICHEY — A man ordered a beer Thursday afternoon from a Port Richey bar. He left to get some money, then returned to his beer.One problem. While he was...
View ArticleClearwater man accused of raping, impregnating 14-year-old girl
By Rita Farlow, Times Staff Writer Thursday, December 22, 2011 CLEARWATER — A Clearwater man accused of raping and impregnating a 14-year-old girl was arrested Wednesday in St. Petersburg after nearly...
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