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  • Hellickson gets call as Rays look to gain ground on Sox

    Like many pitchers, starters Ryan Dempster and Jeremy Hellickson have a common goal entering Wednesday's outing. The thing is, both are coming from completely different places. Dempster is looking to build on a solid start Friday against the Orioles that saw him give up just two runs on five hits in 7 2/3 innings. He struck out four batters in Boston's 2-0 loss. The veteran could ...

  • Red Sox sweep Rays in doubleheader

    Boston - Jonny Gomes hit a two-run homer in the ninth inning to lift the Boston Red Sox to a 3-1 win over the Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday, completing a doubleheader ...

  • Man threatens to kill Pasco sheriff

    LAND O'LAKES, Fla. - Chris Kilgore, 18, was just hanging out with a few friends at a McDonald's on Land O' Lakes Blvd. when he remembers Robert Fernandez pulling up. Kilgore says Fernandez, 51, tried to befriend them and was acting "erratic." "It just kept getting more and more weird. He started acting real strange," said Kilgore. A homeless man then told the ...

  • Peralta surrenders two-run homer in ninth inning

    TB@BOS: Johnson homers to tie the game in the ninth BOSTON -- Jake Odorizzi gave the Rays exactly what they needed Tuesday: Quality innings from a starter. The rookie right-hander stifled the Red Sox over 5 2/3 innings, holding them to five hits without walking a batter. But the suddenly-dry offense mustered just three hits against Red Sox starter Felix Doubront. Odorizzi made one crucial ...

  • Price feels better after throwing bullpen session

    Email BOSTON -- Three days after reporting soreness during a bullpen session, David Price threw another one on Tuesday and this one went much better, according to manager Joe Maddon. Price, out since May 16 with a left triceps strain, does not yet have a next step planned, but Maddon said that'll occur soon. "He was very sharp," Maddon said. "We're going to consult him ...


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Dawn of the Dead (1978) [DVD]

Dawn of the Dead (1978) [DVD]

Ten years after he reinvented the American horror film with the seminal Night of the Living Dead (1968), George A. Romero returned to his story of the world being taken over by zombies in Dawn of the Dead, a film that is every bit as shocking, inventive, inte ... ...

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  • ESE school bus no-show for 2 days

    TAMPA - "The exact time was supposed to be 1:44." "I'm waiting for Ari's bus. Do you know if the bus ever showed up to pick him up?" "By the time I get him, is the bus going to show up and I'm going to miss him in between-- that's the problem." These are the phone calls Silvia Weitzman made in her front yard Tuesday. Weitzman's son, Ari, ...

  • Increase in storage unit burglaries

    More than seventy units were broken into at the Uncle Bob's storage facility on West Hillsborough Avenue. In video obtained by Action News, you can see one of the suspects, with what appears to be a screwdriver in his mouth, hop onto a motorcycle and unsuccessfully try to start ...

  • Power surge fee doesnt cover all

    ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - For years, a consumer said, she paid $10 a month for surge protection. Protection, she thought, for electronics and appliances in the event of a power surge. Turns out, it did not come close to covering her losses. Peggy LaRosa said a power surge struck April 2 with out warning. Roofers working next door ran over and described smoke pouring out of the outdoor air ...

  • PR problem for new pier design

    ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - As plans continue to demolish the old pier, St. Petersburg City councilman Jeff Danner is fielding complaints about what the new pier has in ...

  • Gun found in theater belongs to deputy

    TAMPA - A loaded handgun found by a 9-year-old boy in an Ybor City movie theater bathroom is the personal property of a Hillsborough County detective who left it there accidentally on Sunday afternoon, according to a sheriff's ...

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