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  • Port Authority kills Channelside deal

    TAMPA - In the end, it was a unanimous vote by the Tampa Port Authority that killed the latest proposal to renovate the struggling Channelside ...

  • JPMorgan board to shareholders were listening

    As the meeting opened, current CEO and chair Jamie Dimon said he was delighted to be in Tampa at JPMorgans Highland Oaks campus, which he called a key operating center for the company. Shareholders of JPMorgan Chase & Co. meeting today in Tampa defeated a proposal to require the company have an independent director as board chairman. The proposal, backed by the AFSCME ...

  • Memorial Day Events in Tampa

    Memorial Day , which is also known as the unofficial start to summer. But, as the true meaning of Memorial Day never fades, there will be many events across the ...

  • I-75 lanes shut down S. of SR 56

    HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY - Southbound lanes of Interstate 75 are shut down south of State Road 56 due to a crash. The accident reported involves a dump truck. At this point, there is no word on injuries. We're told a perimeter has been set up for a ...

  • Cops Teen used moms computer for crime

    TAMPA - A Tampa teen faces more than three dozen fraud charges after stealing personal identification information from his mother's work computer to get credit cards. Deputies received information that 18-year-old Devonte Jackson had 22 fraudulently-obtained credit cards at his home at 4541 Ashburn Square Drive. Officials found a bag filled with fraudulent credit cards in the home. An ...


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Movie Review

Witness [DVD]

Witness [DVD]

Witness is a story full of stark contrasts -- rural vs. city, pacifism vs. violence, simplicity vs. sophistication -- yet it would be wrong to say that at any point the film comes down strongly on one side or another. There is a tendency to see it as romanticizing the Amish community it d ... ...

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  • Man charged with sexual attack on child

    THONOTOSASSA - A 12-year-old girl selling juice boxes door-to-door was lured into a trailer by a Thonotosassa man and then sexually assaulted, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's ...

  • Rev. Terry Jones plans Quran burnings in Tampa on Sept. 11

    TAMPA - The Rev. Terry Jones is planning to burn 2,998 Qurans on Sept. 11 in Tampa, though the exact location of the event has not been announced. But on Jones' Facebook ...

  • Marauders fall to Tampa Yankees 2-1 at McKechnie Field

    Tampa Yankees (18-24) Monday night at McKechnie Field. It was Bradenton's 10th one run loss of the season. The Marauders are 8-10 in games decided by one ...

  • Rookie involved in brawl at Buccaneers workouts

    Buccaneers are coming off of an embarrassing season that saw them start with promise but nose dive into a top-15 draft pick. However, the year was an improvement on the season they had in 2011 which means Tampa Bay seems to be on the rise and could fight hard this season. But while the regular season is still months away, ...

  • Founder Institute Not enough Tampa Bay entrepreneurs for boot camp

    Ressi An institute created to support entrepreneurial projects, the Founder Institute, had announced it would be holding a boot camp in the Tampa Bay-area, but has now cancelled it due to a lack of qualified applicants, it said. The Institute was created by Adeo Ressi, a college dropout who has had started eight businesses including a New York guide program bought by AOL in 1997. Ressi came to ...

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