USF Bulls' 3-game win streak ends with 67-47 loss at No. 17 Marquette Golden...
By Rick Braun, Special to the Times Tuesday, January 24, 2012 MILWAUKEE — USF coach Stan Heath didn't have to take much time studying the game summary to see where the Bulls failed in their 67-47 loss...
View ArticleCapitol Buzz: 5 things to watch today in Tallahassee
By David DeCamp, Times/Herald Tallahassee Bureau Wednesday, January 25, 2012 Here's what we're watching on Day 16 of the 2012 Legislature:• School spending: House members go to work on the budget for...
View Article62-year-old man thrown from motorcycle in Holiday crash, has life-threatening...
By Marissa Lang, Times Staff Writer Wednesday, January 25, 2012 HOLIDAY — A 62-year-old motorcyclist was rushed to the hospital Tuesday night after colliding with a car and being thrown from his...
View ArticleClosing statements under way in trial of Hudson woman accused of killing triplet
By Erin Sullivan, Times Staff Writer Wednesday, January 25, 2012 NEW PORT RICHEY — Closing arguments have begun in the trial of Betty-Jo Tagerson. The 40-year-old Hudson woman is accused of losing...
View ArticleEast Lake robotics volunteer suspended amid allegations of lewd, lascivious...
By Danny Valentine, Times Staff Writer Wednesday, January 25, 2012 TARPON SPRINGS — A volunteer robotics coach at East Lake High School was suspended Tuesday after the district learned of an...
View ArticleEast Lake robotics volunteer suspended amid allegations of lewd conduct
By Danny Valentine and Will Hobson, Times Staff Writers Wednesday, January 25, 2012 TARPON SPRINGS — When Jerome "Jerry" Waechter showed up at East Lake High School Tuesday at 5 p.m. for a mentoring...
View ArticleEast Lake volunteer suspended amid allegations of inappropriate contact with...
By Danny Valentine and Will Hobson, Times Staff Writers Wednesday, January 25, 2012 TARPON SPRINGS — When Jerome "Jerry" Waechter showed up at East Lake High School Tuesday at 5 p.m. for a mentoring...
View ArticleHernando rampage: Penalty phase begins in John Kalisz's murder trial
By John Woodrow Cox, Times Staff Writer Wednesday, January 25, 2012 BROOKSVILLE — In the moments after his trailer burned down in January 2010, his attorney told jurors, something in John Kalisz...
View ArticleHernando rampage: Victim's daughters offer emotional testimony
By John Woodrow Cox, Times Staff Writer Wednesday, January 25, 2012 BROOKSVILLE — On Jan. 14, 2010, John Kalisz walked into a home west of Brooksville and shot Deborah Tillotson, a woman he didn't...
View ArticleSen. Marco Rubio scolds Newt Gingrich's campaign for calling Mitt Romney...
By Marc Caputo, Miami Herald Wednesday, January 25, 2012 Sen. Marco Rubio scolded Newt Gingrich's presidential campaign over a Spanish-language radio ad that accuses rival Mitt Romney of being...
View ArticleColumbia Restaurant owner picked to renovate Tampa's historic Water Works...
By Richard Danielson, Times Staff Writer Wednesday, January 25, 2012 TAMPA — The owner of Florida's oldest restaurant has been picked to undertake a $2 million privately financed renovation of Tampa's...
View ArticleElderly couple attacked and robbed in Clearwater home invasion
By Emily Nipps, Times Staff Writer Wednesday, January 25, 2012 CLEARWATER — Police are seeking a man suspected of forcing his way into a Clearwater elderly couple's home, battering both husband and...
View ArticleElderly couple attacked and robbed in Clearwater home
By Emily Nipps and Will Hobson, Times Staff Writers Wednesday, January 25, 2012 CLEARWATER — Police were looking Wednesday for a man suspected of forcing his way into an elderly couple's home,...
View ArticleMan injured in Kenneth City hit-and-run
By Danny Valentine, Times Staff Writer Wednesday, January 25, 2012 KENNETH CITY — Police are looking for a black Hummer that hit another vehicle Tuesday night and injured a passenger before fleeing...
View ArticleUniversal Studios announces revived lineup, new movie show
By Mark Albright, Times Staff Writer Wednesday, January 25, 2012 ORLANDO — With its Jaws attraction a construction zone for the rest of the year, Universal Studios Florida unveiled several new and...
View ArticleUniversal Studios unveils revived lineup, new movie show
By Mark Albright, Times Staff Writer Wednesday, January 25, 2012 ORLANDO — With its Jaws attraction a construction zone for the rest of the year, Universal Studios Florida unveiled several new and...
View ArticleUSF Polytechnic reorganization saves $1 million
By Kim Wilmath, Times Staff Writer Wednesday, January 25, 2012 USF Polytechnic's interim chancellor wasn't kidding when he said he would work to save money at the Lakeland campus — a campus mired in...
View ArticleMike Sherman meeting with Tampa Bay Buccaneers owners today
By Rick Stroud, Times Staff Writer Wednesday, January 25, 2012 Former Green Bay Packers and Texas A&M coach Mike Sherman will have a second interview today with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the Tampa...
View ArticleJurors to begin deliberations in trial of Hudson woman accused of killing...
By Erin Sullivan, Times Staff Writer Wednesday, January 25, 2012 NEW PORT RICHEY — Jurors have taken a break for lunch and will begin deliberating on the fate of Betty-Jo Tagerson this afternoon. The...
View ArticleHudson woman found guilty of killing triplet
By Erin Sullivan, Times Staff Writer Wednesday, January 25, 2012 NEW PORT RICHEY — Betty-Jo Tagerson kissed her family as she walked into the courtroom to hear her verdict. She stood motionless as the...
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