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  • Man found hanging at St. Petersburg theatre

    A workman who disappeared from St. Petersburg's Mariinsky Theatre in December was found hanging in the theatre's attic, investigators said. The body of the 22-year-old man was found hanging from a rope. Investigators believe he hanged himself. The legendary Mariinsky Theatre opened a new $700-million stage earlier this month in a gala ceremony attended by President Vladimir Putin. --IANS/RIA ...

  • Three charged in brutal beating robbery

    ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - A St. Petersburg man was lured out of his home early Wednesday by a woman who said she wanted to repay an outstanding debt. Two other people then invaded the home and severely beat the man's mother as they ransacked the residence. All three were arrested, police ...

  • Odyssey Marine rings NASDAQ opening bell

    What do the SS Gairsoppa and the NASDAQ have in common? Odyssey Marine Exploration Inc. (NASDAQ: OMEX) has opened them both. The Tampa-based deep-ocean exploration company rang the opening bell at the NASDAQ MarketSite this morning to promote an exhibition opening on Friday at Discovery Times Square. The exhibit, SHIPWRECK! Pirates and Treasure explores years of research by Odyssey and features ...

  • Bloomin Brands prices secondary offering

    Liz Smith is CEO of Bloomin' Brands. Shareholders at Bloomin Brands Inc. have priced the millions of shares of stock they are offering for sale. The shareholders will sell their Bloomin Brands (NASDAQ: BLMN) stock for $21.50 a share, according to a statement early Thursday. The stock closed at $21.52 a share Wednesday night, before the pricing was announced. Most of the stock to be sold is ...

  • Minor says she was abused for 3 years

    TAMPA - A 31-year-old Bartow man faces several charges after an investigation revealed he sexually abused two girls, according to a police report. One of the victims is 14, but she was just 11-years-old when she says the molestation started. Detectives responded to reported child abuse at a Bartow residence at 9 p.m. Wednesday. They learned that a 17-year-old girl had temporarily been living ...


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Dark Water

Dark Water

Those approaching Dark Water as a straight horror movie are bound to be disappointed. The ad campaign has emphasized the films association with the Japanese horror hit Ringu (1997) and its 2001 American remake (they were both based on a source novel by Kji Suzuki), but Dark ... ...

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  • Exclusive Bubka McQuaid Schormann and Wu to stand for three ASOIF Council spots in St Petersburg

    Frank Kugler won four Olympics medals in freestyle wrestling, weightlifting and tug of war at St Louis in 1904, making him the only competitor to win a medal in three different sports at the same Games. He claimed a silver medal in the heavyweight category in wrestling, bronze in the two hand lift and all-around dumbbell events in weightlifting and another bronze in the tug of war competition as ...

  • Kaitlyn Hunt breaks silence

    SEBASTIAN, Fla. -- - The 18-year-old Sebastian girl who is facing felony charges for her sexual relationship with a 14-year-old female schoolmate broke her silence on Wednesday in front of a crowd of supporters. When Kaitlyn Hunt first took to the podium, she broke down and was embraced by her mother and father. Hunt faces two felony charges of lewd and lascivious battery. "I'm scared ...

  • Tampa Bay Area Drying Out as Holiday Weekend Approaches

    According to Bay News 9 Meteorologist Juli Marquez, rain chances are only 20 percent today as showers move inland and to the other side of the state."After our wet days, rain chances start dropping and drier air moves in," Marquez said. "It will be partly sunny today with some slight chances of isolated showers and storms - mainly to the east of the Bay area. It will remain warm ...

  • Marauders blast Tampa Yankees 12-4 at McKechnie Field

    Tampa Yankees (19-25) on Wednesday night at McKechnie Field. Zack Dodson (1-1) pitched six innings and struck out five to pick up his first win of the season for ...

  • EXCLUSIVE Sports commission develops event incubator

    Rob Higgins The new Event Development Institute scheduled to launch June 1 in Tampa is a first-of-its-kind sports event incubator envisioned by the Tampa Bay Sports Commission and funded by private donations. There was no fertile ground in which these event ideas could come to fruition, said Sports Commission Executive Director Rob Higgins. His team created the EDI to give upstart sports event ...

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