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  • 2 Tampa Bay deputies shoot suspect several times

    LARGO, Fla. -- A man is hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after being shot in a confrontation with two sheriff's deputies in the Tampa Bay area.According to the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office, deputies Steven Smith and Mark Douglas responded to a call about an armed man in Largo on Friday night.The sheriff's office says the deputies attempted to stop the ...

  • Tampa Bay VA Loan info while remembering our Veterans this Memorial weekend

    Join us this Memorial Day as we take the time to remember the brave men and women who have served and protected our country. We're going to share with you some VA Loan information while taking time to remember our fallen Veterans this Memorial ...

  • Moore tries to even set with Yankees reach 9-0

    Selected by the Indians in the 48th round of the 2009 First-Year Player Draft, released two years later and now taking Ivan Nova's spot in the Yankees' starting rotation is 25-year-old left-hander Vidal Nuno. While Nova was activated from the 15-day disabled list Friday, Yankees manager Joe Girardi sent him to the bullpen. Instead, Nuno, who will start Saturday's game against ...

  • Deputies open fire on armed suspect

    LARGO, Fla. - A man armed with an assault rifle who was fleeing from deputies was shot multiple times, according to the Pinellas County Sheriff's ...

  • UPI Sports Calendar for Saturday May 25

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Resident Evil: Apocalypse

Resident Evil: Apocalypse

The best thing about Resident Evil (2002), an overcooked video game of a movie, was its final image: an outlandish, visceral vision of an apocalypse into which the movie's heroine stumbled after thinking she had gotten through the worst of it. It was a cracke ... ...

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  • Rays unable to rally after short Hernandez start

    NYY@TB: Joyce doubles in Rays' first run in the sixth ST. PETERSBURG -- David Phelps held the Rays without a baserunner until the fifth inning and Tampa Bay's Roberto Hernandez continued to struggle Friday night as the Yankees drubbed the Rays, 9-4, before 17,825 at Tropicana Field. James Loney doubled down the right-field line with one out in the fifth for the first Rays runner ...

  • Barber’s Honor a Highlight During Sneaker Soiree Event

    Ronde Barber's record-breaking 200th consecutive start to open the 2012 NFL season was one of the moments recognized during the Tampa Bay Sports Commission's annual Sneaker Soiree ...

  • Moon Lake brush fires ruled arsons

    MOON LAKE, Fla - Authorities in Pasco County are searching for a serial arsonist who set six brush fires in the Moon Lake area. Forestry officials estimate 600 acres burned in those fires. Due to the ongoing investigation, officials said they will not release information regarding how the fires were started. No one was injured in the fires nor were any homes damaged. However, the fire did butt ...

  • Little different for Brignac in return to The Trop

    Email ST. PETERSBURG -- Former Rays infielder Reid Brignac, who was acquired by the Yankees from the Rockies last Saturday for cash considerations, admitted it felt "a little different" walking by the double doors leading to the Rays' clubhouse on Friday. "I never walked past these doors from the other side before," he said, smiling. "It's been kind of a ...

  • Moore downplays unbeaten mark exclusive company

    Email ST. PETERSBURG -- Matt Moore prefers not to talk about it, but if he beats the Yankees on Saturday, he will become the fifth-youngest pitcher -- and the second-youngest left-hander since Babe Ruth in 1916 -- to begin a season 9-0 exclusively as a starter. The only pitchers to reach 9-0 at a younger age were lefty Ken Holtzman, who was 21 with the Cubs in 1967, and right-handers Livan ...

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