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  • Neighbors rally against SoHo Flats

    TAMPA, Fla. - All that's growing on the Tampa property at 936 S. Howard Avenue are weeds in the sidewalk cracks. Yet, neighbors believe the new growth planned for the site is even ...

  • Happy with Rays Loney reflects on time in Boston

    Email BOSTON -- Manager Joe Maddon said James Loney's incredible production has been one of the nice surprises for the Rays this season. But 10 months ago, Loney's future appeared much different. He was the every-day first baseman for the Boston Red Sox. He was the first guy on the depth chart that didn't include any All-Stars or an up-and-coming heir apparent. First base in ...

  • Murdered informants family speaks out

    INVERNESS, Fla. - The family of a murdered police informant is asking for a new investigation into the case after the I-Team exposed new information about the crime. Jamie Seeger, 27, was murdered last year. She was a confidential informant working with the Citrus County Sheriff's Office. Her family believes she was murdered because of her work as an informant, and they blame Sheriff Jeff ...

  • $6 million in approved to lure Amazon

    "If you were to ask them, I'm sure they would say their preference is to be ready for holiday season 2014. That's building a million square foot building in a really quick time frame," said Ron Barton, Director Hillsborough County Economic ...

  • Hot-hitting Joyce to draw at-bats in left field

    Email BOSTON -- Matt Joyce has been too good to bench, and even with the addition of Wil Myers, Joyce will continue to see the majority of the at-bats, though those will now come in left field as opposed to right field, where Joyce has primarily played this season. Manager Joe Maddon said that Joyce, who was hitting .268 with 14 homers entering Wednesday's game against the Red Sox, will ...


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High Fidelity

"High Fidelity" is a film that never really seems to be going anywhere in particular because it's not specifically about a plot. Granted, there are carefully defined characters and the action moves forward through a series of cause-and-effect links, but it doesn't feel forced or prefabricated like so many other film narratives. Instead, it bounces along the rhythms of normal existence, which ofte ... ...

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  • Rays like impressive Torres as a reliever

    Email BOSTON -- Alex Torres is already drawing comparisons to former Rays reliever J.P. Howell in the way he burst onto the scene and has very quickly earned the respect of manager Joe Maddon, who doesn't mind throwing Torres into high-leverage situations. With 18 1/3 scoreless innings this season, Torres has been so good that the Rays will leave him in the bullpen for the time being, ...

  • Motive revealed in abortion pill case

    Now, in documents released through federal court, prosecutors outline what they believe was his motive: to hide the pregnancy from another woman, his former girlfriend who he dated on and off for seven years, Tara ...

  • Soreness gone Price to make rehab start Friday

    Email BOSTON -- David Price was just trying too hard. The Rays left-hander learned his lesson, manager Joe Maddon said, and will take it a little bit slower as he begins a rehab assignment Friday. Price reported soreness after a bullpen session Saturday, experiencing a slow recovery while trying to work his way back from a sore triceps. The soreness was due to extended effort from Price, who ...

  • Polk residents may face tax for rivers

    LAKELAND, Fla. - Residents in unincorporated Polk County may soon be paying for a new tax to help clean up the county's dirtiest rivers, lakes, and ...

  • Rogue locksmiths reigned in

    TAMPA - Mechanics, moving companies, even telemarketers all have to be licensed or registered with the state to do business in Florida. But not bay area locksmiths, whose ads fill up pages of Google searches and the local yellow pages. Steven Wyman president of the Westcoast Locksmith Association says he has waited a decade for county commissioners to tackle what he calls an epidemic. All seven ...

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