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  • Sheffield mansion on the sale block

    A multi-million dollar party mansion built by baseball star Gary Sheffield is going up for auction. The sprawling home built in 1997 sits on three acres on Pinellas Point in St. Petersburg. At a time when Sheffield, a Tampa-native who hit 509 major league home runs, was one of baseballs highest paid players, the home was the site of decadent parties, the Tampa Bay Times said. The ...

  • Tampa insurer changes name to HCI Group

    Paresh Patel Shareholders of a Tampa insurance company agreed to change the firms name to HCI Group Inc. HCI (NYSE: HCI), formerly called Homeowners Choice Inc., is headed by Paresh Patel, chairman and CEO. The name change is more representative of the companys diversified business activities, which include property and casualty insurance, information technology, real estate and reinsurance, a ...

  • Bank of the Ozarks growing in Manatee County

    Barry Brown Bank of the Ozarks is expanding its operations in Manatee County with a regional headquarters and an additional branch. A new branch is being built at 3703 S.R. 70 East and the headquarters is scheduled to be built on a plot of land on Manatee Avenue and 19th Street West, the Bradenton Herald said. The headquarters is scheduled to be complete in early 2014. Bank of the Ozarks ...

  • Fishing Around Tampa Bay

    1. At Big Pier 60 in Clearwater, the first nice snook of the season was released Saturday, a 37-incher that weighed about 20 pounds, reports Larry Holder. Spanish mackerel 15-20 inches the primary catch, and excellent numbers of them. Occasional flounder and pompano. Manatees were spotted around the pier on ...

  • Warm and dry weather expected for Memorial Day in Tampa Bay

    Tampa Bay , a drying trend is expected to move into west-central Florida for the upcoming Memorial Day weekend. An easterly flow will establish itself across the area on Friday, and this weather pattern is expected to last into the Memorial Day ...


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The Return of the Living Dead [Blu-Ray]

The Return of the Living Dead [Blu-Ray]

Dan OBannons Return of the Living Dead is a gleefully irreverent, semi-successful faux sequel to George A. Romeros seminal Night of the Living Dead (1968), which single-handedly invented the modern zombie film and helped reinvigorate the horror genre ... ...

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  • Kahwa Coffee Roasters eyes expansion

    It's easy for Sarah and Raphael Perrier to joke about who's in charge. Just eight years ago, the couple started Kahwa Coffee Roasting. Back then, they were roasting and wholesaling 260 pounds of coffee beans a week. Now, they're roasting more than 4,000 pounds per week and have opened five ...

  • Senior prank an attack on the school

    TRINITY, Fla. - "I believe this was malicious,' said Jim Michaels, principal at Mitchell High School in Trinity, about a senior prank taken too ...

  • She says cell carrier let her down

    Every time her cell phone rings, Terry Sapp runs out her back door and circles her yard. Sapp claims her San Antonio home has proven to be a dead zone and AT&T can't explain why. But according to AT&T's own website, San Antonio gets moderate coverage. Which sounds okay, but AT&T defines moderate as "...sufficient signal strength for on street in the open coverage, but ...

  • Two Pasco PTSA parents caught stealing

    WESLEY CHAPEL, Fla. - Typically, Parent Teacher Student Associations are known for raising money for the students and the school. But this past week in Pasco County, the school district learned thousands of dollars have instead been going into the pockets of two PTSA officers at two different area schools. "It's just kind of sickening. They're taking money away from their own ...

  • Will Afflek film in Ybor City

    YBOR CITY, Fla. - His last big movie, Argo, won the Academy Award for best picture. Now Ben Affleck is scouting Tampa Bay for his next project. The actor and director was spotted in Ybor City Tuesday scouting possible locations. Lonnie Herman leads walking tours through Ybor City, passing on his knowledge of the area's history. And that history could soon include another major Hollywood ...

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