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11/30/14Hillsborough
WIMAUMA — Away from the Saturday morning din of the village center, where residents sorted through yard sales and considered taqueria menus, Azusena Mendiola had a tougher decision to make: What to do about health insurance. An uninsured mother of four who works in a packing plant, Mendiola had come to an enrollmen …
Both James Grant and Miriam Steinberg have filed papers with the Florida Division of Elections to run in the special election for the Florida House District 64 seat. Grant, the incumbent, filed on Nov. 26 and Steinberg did so on Monday.
TAMPA — Disturbed by what he called "legal human trafficking," Hillsborough County Commissioner Kevin Beckner said Monday he will ask for a federal investigation of New Beginnings of Tampa, a homeless charity that sends its impoverished residents to work unpaid at Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Rays games.
PORT RICHEY — A Rottweiler mix named AJ who badly bit a 4-year-old boy Sunday afternoon will be held in quarantine for the next 10 days to check for rabies, Pasco County officials said Monday.
TAMPA — Douglas Cone Sr., the bare-knuckles, chain-smoking road construction magnate who made headlines with news of a scandalous double life, died this weekend. He was 86.
We begin in the middle of nowhere. No crowds, no TV cameras, no reason whatsoever to be paying attention. Just a handful of people on a fishing boat in the Gulf of Mexico.
It's hard to believe but the team value of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers is approaching that of twice the worth of the Tampa Bay Rays and Tampa Bay Lightning — combined.
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Three years ago, early in Gov. Rick Scott's administration, his Department of Environmental Protection proposed major changes in the state park system — mostly to add more campgrounds and other facilities, including a place for recreational vehicles to park overnight at Honeymoon Island State Park.
ST. PETERSBURG — Two burglars made off with cash and liquor Friday after they broke into a local pizza restaurant, according to St. Petersburg police.
TAMPA — Acknowledging that "campaigns don't run on good intentions," Becky Rubright says she has decided to drop out of Tampa's race for mayor.
TAMPA — A senior at Plant High School is in critical condition with brain swelling after she was struck by a hit-and-run driver Saturday in Tallahassee.
ST. PETERSBURG — To best measure the strength of a holiday classic, watch it unfold on the faces of young people.
ST. PETERSBURG — Add Hello Kitty and Dora the Explorer to the list of culprits that could ruin Christmas.
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TAMPA — Five companies have offered to sell body-mounted digital cameras to the Tampa Police Department in response to a request for proposals that the department made last month.
Barring an 11th-hour delay, Florida State star quarterback Jameis Winston will face a university code of conduct hearing Tuesday.
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Monday was World AIDS Day, established to mark progress and challenges in fighting what not long ago was a near-certain death sentence. This past year was a milestone: HIV patients who started receiving medication outnumbered those who were newly infected, according to the ONE Campaign. Yet many people are going without …
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