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  • 10 questions for ABCs JuJu Chang

    We go beyond the questions that are news of the day. After all sometimes, we want know more about them as people. What's their favorite music? Biggest regret? And who do they look up ...

  • St. Petersburg on List of World’s Best Travel Spots

    WASHINGTON, May 21 (RIA Novosti) – Nestled on the Baltic Sea and often described as one of the most Western cities in Russia, St. Petersburg has a new place of honor as one of the top travel destinations in the world, according to the 2013 Travelers’ Choice Destinations awards released Tuesday by the popular online travel website TripAdvisor. "St. Petersburg is a fantastic ...

  • Todays MLB starting lineups May 21

    Below are starting lineups that have been made public by the clubs. A lineup is not official until it is handed to the umpire. Additional lineups will be added as they become available: Atlanta Braves: 1. ...

  • Port Authority kills Channelside deal

    TAMPA - In the end, it was a unanimous vote by the Tampa Port Authority that killed the latest proposal to renovate the struggling Channelside ...

  • JPMorgan board to shareholders were listening

    As the meeting opened, current CEO and chair Jamie Dimon said he was delighted to be in Tampa at JPMorgans Highland Oaks campus, which he called a key operating center for the company. Shareholders of JPMorgan Chase & Co. meeting today in Tampa defeated a proposal to require the company have an independent director as board chairman. The proposal, backed by the AFSCME ...


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Movie Review

Witness [DVD]

Witness [DVD]

Witness is a story full of stark contrasts -- rural vs. city, pacifism vs. violence, simplicity vs. sophistication -- yet it would be wrong to say that at any point the film comes down strongly on one side or another. There is a tendency to see it as romanticizing the Amish community it d ... ...

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  • Memorial Day Events in Tampa

    Memorial Day , which is also known as the unofficial start to summer. But, as the true meaning of Memorial Day never fades, there will be many events across the ...

  • I-75 lanes shut down S. of SR 56

    HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY - Southbound lanes of Interstate 75 are shut down south of State Road 56 due to a crash. The accident reported involves a dump truck. At this point, there is no word on injuries. We're told a perimeter has been set up for a ...

  • Cops Teen used moms computer for crime

    TAMPA - A Tampa teen faces more than three dozen fraud charges after stealing personal identification information from his mother's work computer to get credit cards. Deputies received information that 18-year-old Devonte Jackson had 22 fraudulently-obtained credit cards at his home at 4541 Ashburn Square Drive. Officials found a bag filled with fraudulent credit cards in the home. An ...

  • Man charged with sexual attack on child

    THONOTOSASSA - A 12-year-old girl selling juice boxes door-to-door was lured into a trailer by a Thonotosassa man and then sexually assaulted, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's ...

  • Port board nixes Channelside redevelopment deal

    Channelside Bay Plaza. The Tampa Port Authority Tuesday morning effectively killed Liberty Channelsides proposal to develop the beleaguered plaza by rejecting the note-holding Irish bank receivers request for assignment of lease. Hillsborough County Commissioner Sandra Murman introduced a request to discuss Channelside, which was not part of the boards regular meeting agenda. The board ...

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