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  • NFC South Roundup Offseason Break Edition

    LB Jon Beason made it back onto the field before the end of the Panthers' workouts, but in New Orleans LB Victor Butler was likely lost for the season after a practice mishap...That news and more from around the Bucs' division as offseason programs wrap ...

  • Detectives working lead in Odom case

    HERNANDO COUNTY, Fla. - Hernando County Sheriff Al Nienhuis confirms that detectives are at a location following a lead in the case of 12-year-old Jennifer Odom, who was found murdered 20 years ago. According to a news release, "The lead stated that there might be evidence related to this case in Lake Jovita and led us to work jointly with the Pasco Sheriff's Office and the FBI in ...

  • Deputies see rise in car hopping thefts

    "We've had numerous cases where people have forgotten or either intentionally not locked their car doors, and yet left firearms underneath their seat," he ...

  • Hillsborough Co. in teacher hiring blitz

    TAMPA - Close to 1,500 potential teachers are expected to show up at Jefferson High School in Tampa as Hillsborough County Schools holds a two-day job fair. It isn't open to everyone. Hopeful teacher hires had to pre-qualify and register for the event ahead of ...

  • Pasco man charged with attempted murder

    NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. - A man who went to a New Port Richey home collect a debt was shot Monday night, according to the Pasco County Sheriff's ...


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Lords of Dogtown

Lords of Dogtown

Lords of Dogtown, a fictionalization of the same material in the 2001 documentary Dogtown and Z-Boys, is part celebration of 1970s Southern California punk culture, part rise-and-fall social drama, and part cautionary tale about the perils of youth and success. All of ... ...

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  • participates in St. Petersburg International Economic Forum

    Manama, June 18th (BNA) -Bahrain Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) participates in the annual St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, which is held under the title "Global Economic Prospects: The time for a decisive action" during the period from June 20 to 22, 2013 under the patronage of the Russian President Vladimir Putin, with the participation of more than 5,400 ...

  • Court puts paid to Gazprom’s new $226 million HQ in St Petersburg

    Scandal Gazprom's plans to construct a new $226 million headquarters in St Petersburg have been scuppered by a local court. The Kommersant daily says a judge has upheld local objections the site had cultural significance and could not be built on. The 400 metre high Okhta Center was to be the crown jewel of Gazprom close to the city center. Activists objected after the city planning ...

  • Florida man impaled by branch dies in Tampa Bay

    A Tampa Bay man was killed Monday when a tree he was trying to pull down fell on him.Dan Paul Butts, 63, of Palm Harbor was impaled by a branch in his back yard sometime before 3:15 p.m.The death appears to be an accident, the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office ...

  • Manatee to vote on sales tax increase

    MANATEE COUNTY - Voters in Manatee County have a chance to weigh in on a sales tax increase today. The proposal involves raising the sales tax from six and a half percent to seven percent to finance health care for the poor. The move is expected to generate $23 million a year. Most purchases over $5,000 would be exempt from the tax. To learn more, click ...

  • Hundreds being interviewed to teach

    HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY - This morning, Hillsborough County school leaders could meet the person who'll teach your child in just a few short months. At Jefferson High Dchool, a teaching job fair is being held for schools that need the most help. This is a great opportunity for those who qualify, but his not an open door job fair, all the potential teachers being interviewed had to be ...

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