One killed, six injured in Dale Mabry crash in Tampa
By Danny Valentine, Times Staff Writer Thursday, April 12, 2012 TAMPA — An 18-year-old Tampa man was killed and six others were injured Thursday morning when a pickup truck hit a median and flipped,...
View ArticleAcrid, hazy conditions reported across Tampa Bay; north Florida fires to blame
By Danny Valentine, Times Staff Writer Thursday, April 12, 2012 Smoke and haze from wildfires in North Florida have permeated much of the Tampa Bay area, provoking scores of calls to authorities...
View ArticleNorth Florida fires to blame for smoky haze reported across Tampa Bay
By Danny Valentine, Times Staff Writer Thursday, April 12, 2012 Smoke and haze from wildfires in north Florida have permeated much of the Tampa Bay area, provoking scores of calls to authorities...
View ArticleTampa doctor faces 33 child porn charges
By Danny Valentine, Times Staff Writer Thursday, April 12, 2012 TAMPA — A 49-year-old Tampa doctor arrested Wednesday night faces 33 child porn charges after investigators found pornographic images of...
View ArticleInjured bobcat bites good Samaritan in Riverview
By Danny Valentine, Times Staff Writer Thursday, April 12, 2012 RIVERVIEW — A woman who stopped to help an injured bobcat Thursday morning was bitten as she tried to cover the animal with a towel,...
View ArticleTampa Bay Rays catcher Jose Lobaton leaves game with sore right shoulder
By Marc Topkin, Times Staff Writer Thursday, April 12, 2012 DETROIT — The Rays have another injury issue that could force a scramble at their thinnest position, catcher.Jose Lobaton left Thursday's...
View ArticleAudit finds program to help Florida homeowners is ineffective
By Mark Puente, Times Staff Writer Thursday, April 12, 2012 A billion-dollar program designed to keep 40,000 Florida homeowners out of foreclosure has helped only 3,400, according to a federal audit...
View ArticleGas leak shuts portion of Seminole Boulevard
Times staff Thursday, April 12, 2012 SEMINOLE — Authorities reopened all northbound lanes and one southbound lane of Seminole Boulevard near 62nd Avenue about 3 p.m. Thursday afternoon after a leaking...
View ArticleFSU, UF presidents lobby Rick Scott over tuition-hike bill
By Kim Wilmath and Brittany Alana Davis, Times/Herald Tallahassee Bureau Thursday, April 12, 2012 TALLAHASSEE — Two university presidents seeking flexibility to raise tuition made big promises to Gov....
View ArticleNext J.K. Rowling book will be 'The Casual Vacancy'
By Colette Bancroft, Times book editor Thursday, April 12, 2012 J.K. Rowling is switching her fictional focus from wizards to political satire.Publisher Little, Brown and Co., which signed a deal in...
View ArticleControversial road-widening project in Spring Hill nears completion
By Barbara Behrendt, Times Staff Writer Thursday, April 12, 2012 SPRING HILL — After years of controversy, the expenditure of millions of dollars and months of dirt and noise, the long-awaited...
View ArticleLargo police seek help identifying gunman who robbed liquor store
By Mike Brassfield, Times Staff Writer Thursday, April 12, 2012 LARGO — Police are looking for help identifying a man who robbed a convenience store at gunpoint Tuesday morning on Belcher Road.The man...
View ArticleJD Alexander lobbies Rick Scott to sign off on USF Poly split
By Steve Bousquet, Times/Herald Tallahassee Bureau Thursday, April 12, 2012 TALLAHASSEE — The powerful lawmaker who led the effort to create a new hometown state university made a pilgrimage to the...
View ArticleHillsborough court clerk Pat Frank to seek another term
Thursday, April 12, 2012 Ending months of speculation, Hillsborough County Clerk of the Circuit Court Pat Frank confirmed Thursday that she will run for another term.Frank is one of the few Democrats...
View ArticleDetour awaits drivers going south on Memorial Highway to the Howard Frankland
Times staff Thursday, April 12, 2012 TAMPA — Drivers hoping to take the Memorial Highway exit to southbound Interstate 275 across the Howard Frankland Bridge this weekend will be detoured onto W...
View ArticleTampa Bay Rays lose 7-2 loss to Detroit Tigers
By Marc Topkin, Times Staff Writer Thursday, April 12, 2012 DETROIT — The Rays had some reason to leave Comerica Park pleased, heading to Boston after completing the first week of the season with a...
View ArticleTampa Bay Rays lose 7-2 to Detroit Tigers
By Marc Topkin, Times Staff Writer Thursday, April 12, 2012 DETROIT — The Rays had some reason to leave Comerica Park pleased, heading to Boston after completing the first week of the season with a...
View ArticleClearwater police looking for 21-year-old wanted in stabbing
By Mike Brassfield, Times Staff Writer Thursday, April 12, 2012 CLEARWATER — Police are asking for the public's help in finding a 21-year-old man who's wanted in connection with a recent...
View ArticleTwo women dead at Tampa home
By Robbyn Mitchell, Times Staff Writer Thursday, April 12, 2012 TAMPA — Two women were found shot to death Thursday afternoon inside a North Tampa home, police said.A friend who had been unable to...
View ArticleTwo women found shot to death in Tampa home
By Robbyn Mitchell, Times Staff Writer Thursday, April 12, 2012 TAMPA — Two women were found shot to death Thursday afternoon inside a North Tampa home, police said.A friend who had been unable to...
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