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  • Boom in boom repair reflects uptick in construction Video

    Tyler Smith, business development vice president at Certified Boom Repair Services, talks about what his firm does and how busy it is. Florida politicians and economic development officials love to describe construction cranes as the state bird. Its nearly impossible to build structures of any size without one, so business activity in this heavy equipment sector tends to reflect the pace of ...

  • FDIC wins legal malpractice case against Icard Merrill senior partner

    The FDIC contended Robert Messick had a conflict of interest because he also represented the developer and another lender, according to court records. A Tampa federal jury decided prominent Sarasota law firm Icard Merrill and Robert Messick, shareholder and senior partner, committed professional malpractice and breach of fiduciary duty in a real estate deal involving failed First Priority ...

  • Best new place in Tampa Bay

    As you enter the establishment you are greeted in the tasting room with a free glass of the wine of the month. The tasting room is set up like a Napa , CA style tasting room. They have tastings you can participate in for a small fee. They have a gift shop with very unique wine type gifts for sell. They even have a wine club! On the other side of the tasting room there is a bar area with a real ...

  • Palm Harbor pharmacist pleads guilty in health care fraud scheme

    Pharmacist Samuel Wahba faces a maximum sentence of five years in prison. Pharmacist Samuel Wahba has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit health care fraud, lying to a federal agency, making false claims to a federal health care program and concealing his exclusion from all federal health care programs. In 2001, he was convicted of violating the state racketeering law, Medicaid fraud and ...

  • Florida Bank gets capital commitments

    Florida Bank and the Treasury earlier agreed to wind down the banks nearly three-year-old involvement in the Troubled Asset Relief Program. Florida Bank Group Inc. is a step closer to repaying its TARP investment from the U.S. Treasury. The banking company has received commitments for more than the minimum amount of capital it targeted in a private placement offering sent to investors last ...


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Dreamgirls

Dreamgirls

Loosely based on the story of The Supremess astronomical rise to musical superstardom during the turbulent 1960s under the auspices of Motowns Berry Gordon, Dreamgirls was a hit Broadway musical in 1981, winning a plethora of Tony Awards and running for 1,522 performances. The vague ... ...

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  • Oswald to communicate decision on whether he will stand for IOC President after 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 ...

  • Bucs Give Girl Scouts a Peek at the Business of Pro Sports

    More than 80 local Girl Scouts visited One Buccaneer Place last week to get an up-close look at the careers available in sports, with Buccaneer women professionals gladly sharing their own experiences and ...

  • Arsenal striker Andrey Arshavin fails to impress Zenit St Petersburg

    Arsenal expires at the end of the month."He hasn't played much for lately. Why? You would have to ask him that question," their coach Luciano Spalletti said in reference to the former Russia captain, who joined Arsenal from Zenit for 15m in early 2009.Arshavin, who turns 32 next week, rejoined Zenit on a three-month loan from Arsenal in February last year after but failed to ...

  • Rookies Kick Off Summer of Service at St. Joe’s

    Continuing a Buccaneer tradition, the team's rookies visited St. Joseph's Hospital in Tampa on Wednesday to raise the spirits of pediatric patients and kick off a series of charitable ...

  • Marauders hammer Tampa Yankees 12-4 at McKechnie Field

    Tampa Yankees (19-26) 12-4 for the second straight night at McKechnie Field. Adrian Sampson (2-1) pitched five innings and did not allow an earned run despite nine Yankees hits in the ballgame. Tampa left eleven men on base Thursday ...

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