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  • Buyer Home was smaller than advertised

    It was only after closing that Joan Madden discovered she paid for more home than she actually ended up with. What was more troubling, she could not find how why. A large living room and light colors led Madden to believe the Sun City Center house she was 1300 square feet as advertised. It wasn't until after the retiree moved in and someone from the Property Appraiser's office showed ...

  • TRAFFIC SB I-275 closed at Dale Mabry

    TAMPA - The Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) is investigating a traffic crash with serious injuries on I-275 Southbound at the Dale Mabry Hwy exit. Tampa Fire Rescue is on the scene and attending to an injured motorist who is trapped in her vehicle. All lanes on I-275 Southbound are currently blocked with rescue personnel and tow trucks. The highway is expected to open up to traffic with limited ...

  • Shooting at Lakeland park

    Police said the surveillance cameras at the park did not capture the shooting, but it did provide a good look at the suspect hanging out with two other teens right before it ...

  • Fighting for her life McKinze Clayton

    TAMPA - We've been following the story of little McKinze Clayton, the 7 year-old Polk County girl who has very, very sick with a blood and bone marrow disease - the same as GMA's Robin Roberts - myelodyplastic syndrome. Linda Hurtado brought you her story in January while she was waiting for a bone marrow donor ...

  • HCSO41 identities stolen by Tampa teen

    TAMPA, Fla. - His name is DevonteCourtney Jackson. From old pictures posted on his Facebook page, you can tell he likes money and lots of it. But that ArmwoodHigh School student is now behind bars. On Monday, deputies say they found the 18-year-old in possession of a bag of fraudulently obtained credit cards and a list of victims at his Tampa townhome. "He purchased the cards, or got these ...


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Movie Review

Female Trouble [DVD]

Female Trouble [DVD]

What makes the early trash cinema of John Waters so unique is the breadth of his influences and how those influences found their way into his manic, often repulsive low-budget midnight flicks. Cinematically, he was influenced by surrealists such as Luis Buuel and Salvador Dali, experimental filmmakers like Kenneth Anger and Andy Warhol, and the horror schlock of Herschell Gordon Lewis. Politicall ... ...

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  • Chinese language contest held in St Petersburg

    /enpproperty--> ST PETERSBURG - A Chinese language proficiency competition featuring student teams from five Russian regions was held here on Tuesday, with the winners set to sail into an international contest to be held in China. In the city's iconic Hermitage Theater, university teams from St Petersburg, Moscow, Yekaterinburg, Vladivostok and a joint Siberian team took turns ...

  • Yet More Bucs in the Top 100

    After seeing Dashon Goldson, Gerald McCoy and Darrelle Revis revealed among the first 40 names in NFL Network's Top 100 Players of 2013 series, Buc fans will find two more familiar names between #51-60 on Thursday ...

  • Bucs Have High Hopes for Steven Means

    anticipated. The 6-foot-4, 250-pound defensive end wasn't highly recruited coming out of high school and didn't receive an invitation to the NFL combine following a standout college at Buffalo either. So when the Tampa Bay Buccaneers called in the fifth round last month, Means understandably was thrilled and surprised. The Bucs believe they selected a player who has a chance to develop ...

  • Save money on your Memorial Day travel

    Interested in traveling to a particular destination for the Memorial Day weekend and saving money at the same time? There are ways in which you can save money and get great deals on hotels for your last minute travels.Deciding for trips on a budget can be hard but with these fewtips froman article by theThe ...

  • Conservative groups protest in Tampa

    Nearly 100 people took to the streets in Tampa today outside the IRS building on Boy Scout Blvd to warn everyone that the IRS and the government have gone too ...

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