Once bound to be banned, short pieces of string will be allowed outside RNC...
By Richard Danielson, Times Staff Writer Friday, April 27, 2012 TAMPA — Pity the lowly piece of string.Longer than 6 inches? Strong enough to lift more than 30 pounds? If so, it was on a proposed list...
View ArticlePanhandle Tasering and rogue deputy hold lessons for current Pinellas...
By Stephen Nohlgren, Times Staff Writer Friday, April 27, 2012 Four nights after Hurricane Ivan barrelled across the Florida Panhandle, flattening buildings and knocking out power, Dan and Cathy...
View ArticleA year after one triathlete saves another's life, the two will compete together
By Terry Tomalin, Times Outdoors Fitness Editor Friday, April 27, 2012 ST. PETERSBURG — At first, Teresa McCoy thought the man by the pool at last year's Meek & Mighty Triathlon was flirting."He...
View ArticleMan accused of stealing $800,000 from elderly Pinellas County man's estate
Kameel Stanley, Times Staff Writer Friday, April 27, 2012 A few years ago, authorities say, James David Zebranek Jr. gained access to an elderly Pinellas County man's estate and took $800,000. Then...
View ArticleRick Scott signs child abuse reporting bill into law
By Mary Ellen Klas, Times/Herald Tallahassee Bureau Friday, April 27, 2012 TALLAHASSEE — After the Jerry Sandusky saga exposed the flaws in Penn State's storied legacy, it revealed to victim advocates...
View ArticleOff-duty Pinellas deputy killed in motorcycle crash
By Kameel Stanley and Dan Sullivan, Times Staff Writers Friday, April 27, 2012 Times staffAn off-duty Pinellas County sheriff's deputy was killed Friday afternoon when his motorcycle collided with a...
View ArticleTampa Bay Buccaneers trade into second round to select Nebraska linebacker...
By Rick Stroud, Times Staff Writer Friday, April 27, 2012 TAMPA — Say this for the Bucs: They're not willing to be landlocked in the staid waters of two losing seasons over the past three years.That...
View ArticleWidow refuses to attend bill signing ceremony for new law named after her...
By John Woodrow Cox, Times Staff Writer Friday, April 27, 2012 BROOKSVILLEGov. Rick Scott sat down at a brown desk and plucked the cap from a blue marker. Two dozen Hernando County sheriff's deputies,...
View ArticleTampa man arrested in connection with March shooting at club
Times staff Friday, April 27, 2012 TAMPA — Deputies charged a 20-year-old man with murder Friday in connection with a March 31 shooting outside a club.Jamario Marquise Nobles, of 220 E Cayuga St., was...
View ArticleTampa Bay Rays hammer out season-high 16 hits to beat Texas Rangers 8-4 for...
By Joe Smith, Times Staff Writer Friday, April 27, 2012 ARLINGTON, Texas — The moment Rangers shortstop Elvis Andrus ripped a fly ball down the rightfield line in Friday's eighth inning, Rays reliever...
View ArticleOne killed, two others injured in Pasco crash
By Kameel Stanley, Times Staff Writer Saturday, April 28, 2012 One person died and two others were seriously injured after being ejected from a car that spun out of control early Saturday on U.S. 41...
View ArticleCall leads St. Petersburg fire squad to stranded cat stymied by Doritos bag
By Kameel Stanley, Times Staff Writer Saturday, April 28, 2012 ST. PETERSBURG — Everyone in the neighborhood wanted to know:How did the cat with the Doritos bag on its head get on top of the light...
View ArticleClearwater police say man drove drunk while child sat in backseat
By Kameel Stanley, Times Staff Writer Saturday, April 28, 2012 CLEARWATER — Salvador Rojo Medina's first mistake wasn't that he chucked his Modelo beer can out the window of his truck window while...
View ArticleMacDill opens coastline to fishermen
Times staff Saturday, April 28, 2012 TAMPA — MacDill Air Force Base opened 2 miles of usually-restricted shoreline Saturday to fishing boats for the first time since 2009.About 40 boats took advantage...
View ArticleTampa's MacDill Air Force Base opens its coastline to fishing
Times staff Saturday, April 28, 2012 TAMPAMacDill Air Force Base opened 2 miles of usually restricted shoreline Saturday to fishing boats for the first time since 2010.About 40 boats took advantage of...
View ArticleTampa Bay Buccaneers draft two West Virginia defenders, Utah State running back
By Rick Stroud, Stephen F. Holder, Times Staff Writers Saturday, April 28, 2012 The Tampa Bay Buccaneers went back-to-back at linebacker in the NFL draft, using their fifth round pick on West...
View ArticleDrought creating severely dry conditions statewide
By Craig Pittman, Times Staff Writer Saturday, April 28, 2012 How dry we are.The entire state of Florida was classified as suffering from drought conditions, as of last week. The rain that fell over...
View ArticlePasco baby severely burned by mother dies in Tampa
By Kameel Stanley, Times Staff Writer Saturday, April 28, 2012 TAMPA — A 2-month-old baby boy whose mother held him under scalding water until his skin started to peel off has died, officials...
View ArticleFamily friend backs over, kills toddler at softball game
Associated Press Saturday, April 28, 2012 TITUSVILLE — The wife of the police chief in a central Florida community accidentally ran over a family friend's 22-month-old son in a parking lot,...
View ArticleFlorida Republicans, facing RNC's wrath, want Mitt Romney's help seating...
By Adam C. Smith, Times Political Editor Saturday, April 28, 2012 TAMPA — Okay, Mitt Romney, it's time to step up for Florida.Florida Republicans revived your candidacy in the Jan. 31 primary. They've...
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