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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 ...

  • Intl Ecological Conference held in St. Petersburg

    Around 2,000 delegates from 26 countries have descended on St. Petersburg's Tauride Palace for the 6th Nevsky International Ecological ...

  • Deputies 40 animals abandoned filthy

    Pasco County deputies say they found 40 or more emaciated animals living in filth in a home in Holiday. A strong smell outside led them to find dogs, cats, rabbits, a snake, and a lizard abandoned ...

  • Blue Jays beat Rays 4-3 in 10 innings

    Jose Bautista, of the Toronto Blue Jays, will start as an Outfielder for the American League in the 2012 MLB All-Star Game July 10, 2012 in Kansas City.Photographer: Jim Rogash: Getty ...

  • Tornado leveled Pinellas school in 1978

    CLEARWATER, Fla. - "He was six. It was on his sixth birthday," said mom Sue DuVal Hickey. She says she almost kept her son home from school, but Kindergarten birthdays only happen once. "I had gone by Publix and I had picked up some cupcakes and took them into the school and dropped him off. I told Mrs. Lovely I'd be back at 1:00, and I said goodbye to him. And that was the ...


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Movie Review

Tron: Legacy [Blu-Ray]

Tron: Legacy [Blu-Ray]

Released in the summer of 1982 with much fanfare and disappointing box-office returns, Disneys Tron has become, in the intervening three decades, an object of cult adoration among computer enthusiasts and special effects aficionados, both of whom recognize it clearly for what it was: a ... ...

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  • Hoarding investigation turns tragic

    HERNANDO COUNTY, Fla. - We'll start with the victims. We can hear the muted meows of kitties in cages at the Hernando County Animal Services facility in Brooksville. It's the only testimony they can muster after what we're told was a hoarding investigation that ended in a parking lot in Spring ...

  • Rodney bullpen cant contain Blue Jays late

    TB@TOR: Loney knocks in Longoria with go-ahead single TORONTO -- The Blue Jays took a 4-3 win in 10 innings over the Rays on Wednesday afternoon at Rogers Centre to claim the rubber game of the three-game series. The Rays finished their six-game road trip to Baltimore and Toronto with a 4-2 mark, while falling to 24-22 on the season. Colby Rasmus reached safely to start the bottom of the ...

  • Final report issued for Seffner sinkhole

    SEFFNER, Fla - Amid the demolition of two Seffner homes that neighbor a deadly sinkhole, Hillsborough County officials released a 25-page report Wednesday detailing their efforts to rescue Jeff Bush who lost his life back in February. Officials refer to the incident as the 'tragedy on Faithway Drive.' Bush was sleeping in his bed when a sinkhole opened up under his bedroom around 11 ...

  • Tiger has surgery in Clearwater for giant hairball

    CLEARWATER -- It's not a typical case of a cat with a hairball. The cat at BluePearl Veterinary animal hospital in Clearwater Wednesday weighs about 400 lbs - and its hairball had to be removed through surgery. A 18-year-old tiger named 'Ty' went under the knife Wednesday at BluePearl Veterinary Partners specialty and emergency hospital in Clearwater. The hairball they removed ...

  • After science bomb student wants back

    LAKELAND, Fla. - Standing hand-in-hand with her twin sister, Kiera Wilmot took to the podium. "I made the mistake of performing my experiment outside of the classroom, however, that is the only mistake I believe I made," she said. Wilmot, 16, generated global attention after she was arrested on two felony charges for what her family calls "a science project gone wrong." ...

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