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  • ESE school bus no-show for 2 days

    TAMPA - "The exact time was supposed to be 1:44." "I'm waiting for Ari's bus. Do you know if the bus ever showed up to pick him up?" "By the time I get him, is the bus going to show up and I'm going to miss him in between-- that's the problem." These are the phone calls Silvia Weitzman made in her front yard Tuesday. Weitzman's son, Ari, ...

  • Increase in storage unit burglaries

    More than seventy units were broken into at the Uncle Bob's storage facility on West Hillsborough Avenue. In video obtained by Action News, you can see one of the suspects, with what appears to be a screwdriver in his mouth, hop onto a motorcycle and unsuccessfully try to start ...

  • MLB Boston 5 Tampa Bay 1

    Alfredo Aceves tossed five innings of one-run ball Tuesday, helping Boston to a rain-interrupted 5-1 win over Tampa Bay in the first game of a doubleheader. Aceves (4-1), making a spot start, limited the Rays to three hits, overcame three walks and struck out two before a 3-hour rain delay brought his outing to an ...

  • Power surge fee doesnt cover all

    ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - For years, a consumer said, she paid $10 a month for surge protection. Protection, she thought, for electronics and appliances in the event of a power surge. Turns out, it did not come close to covering her losses. Peggy LaRosa said a power surge struck April 2 with out warning. Roofers working next door ran over and described smoke pouring out of the outdoor air ...

  • PR problem for new pier design

    ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - As plans continue to demolish the old pier, St. Petersburg City councilman Jeff Danner is fielding complaints about what the new pier has in ...


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Dawn of the Dead (1978) [DVD]

Dawn of the Dead (1978) [DVD]

Ten years after he reinvented the American horror film with the seminal Night of the Living Dead (1968), George A. Romero returned to his story of the world being taken over by zombies in Dawn of the Dead, a film that is every bit as shocking, inventive, inte ... ...

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  • Gun found in theater belongs to deputy

    TAMPA - A loaded handgun found by a 9-year-old boy in an Ybor City movie theater bathroom is the personal property of a Hillsborough County detective who left it there accidentally on Sunday afternoon, according to a sheriff's ...

  • 180 storage units burglarized in 3 weeks

    TAMPA - Deputies are searching for two suspects who pried open and burglarized 72 storage units in the Town 'n' Country area. Similar burglaries have occurred at five facilities in recent weeks. According to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office, five different storage facilities were burglarized between May 29 and June 16, including U Store U Lock (30 units), 6207 Hillsborough ...

  • Car drives through Clearwater pawn shop

    An elderly driver suffered minor injuries Tuesday afternoon when the car he was driving slammed through the front doors of a pawn shop on Drew ...

  • 10 questions for Denis Phillips

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

  • Longoria back at third for Game 1 will DH Game 2

    Email BOSTON -- Evan Longoria was back to playing his customary third base for the Rays in Game 1 of a doubleheader against the Red Sox on Tuesday -- at least for one game. Battling plantar fasciitis in his right foot, Longoria served as the Rays' designated hitter for the last four games. But after an off-day Monday, Longoria felt good enough to go back to third against the Red Sox. The ...

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