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Zephyrhills police: $1 bill nets $400 in quarters, trip to jail
Times staff Monday, August 30, 2010 ZEPHYRHILLS — Dallas "Cash" Hancock's plan had a good payoff, authorities said.The 24-year-old managed to get $400 out of a carwash coin machine by sticking paper...
View ArticlePinellas deputies close case on mystery yacht
By Andy Boyle, Times Staff Writer Monday, August 30, 2010 REDINGTON BEACH — The Pinellas County Sheriff's Office has verified with Mexican authorities that the abandoned yacht found Wednesday was the...
View ArticlePasco mall developer plans to appeal yanked permit
Times staff Monday, August 30, 2010 WESLEY CHAPEL — One of the developers of the proposed Cypress Creek Town Center plans to appeal a judge's ruling last week throwing out most of the wetlands permit...
View ArticleTampa apartment fire caused by hot stove, investigators say
By Shelley Rossetter, Times Staff Writer Monday, August 30, 2010 TAMPA — Investigators determined that an object left on a hot stove caused the fire that left at least three families without a home...
View ArticleUSF suspends Omega Psi Phi fraternity amid hazing allegations
By Richard Danielson and Shelley Rossetter, Times Staff Writers Monday, August 30, 2010 TAMPA — The University of South Florida chapter of the Omega Psi Phi fraternity has been suspended while...
View ArticleTeen charged in Lakewood stabbing booked under false name
By Luis Perez, Times Staff Writer Monday, August 30, 2010 ST. PETERSBURG — A teen arrested last week in the stabbing of a Lakewood High School student was booked under a false identity, authorities...
View ArticleTwo injured as pickup collides with St. Petersburg sanitation truck
By Luis Perez, Times Staff Writer Monday, August 30, 2010 ST. PETERSBURG — A pickup driver was seriously injured after his vehicle collided with a city sanitation truck Monday afternoon, authorities...
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Byler sextuplets celebrate third birthday, start preschool
By Lisa Buie, Times Staff Writer Monday, August 30, 2010 The Byler sextuplets, from left, MacKenzie, Ryan, Eli, Brady, Jackson and Charlie get ready to blow out candles in cupcakes as part of an early...
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Forecasters: Tampa Bay area summer is warmest on record
By Pat Farnan, Times Staff Writer Monday, August 30, 2010 Bob Myers, 64, and Earline Gilbert, 60, both of St. Petersburg, keep cool while working out in a YMCA water aerobics class being held at...
View ArticleJudge orders Tampa police to return cash seized from pain clinic
By Shelley Rossetter, Times Staff Writer Monday, August 30, 2010 TAMPA — Tampa police suspected the pain clinic on Dale Mabry Highway was operating illegally, doling out prescriptions to those without...
View ArticleNo cracks in the reservoir this time, okay?
By Howard Troxler, Times Columnist Monday, August 30, 2010 News item: Tampa Bay Water, the regional utility, is seeking proposals to repair the cracks in its $140 million reservoir. The repair job may...
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Rick Scott, Mr. Outsider, on the verge of being kingpin of insiders
By Adam C. Smith, Times Political Editor Monday, August 30, 2010 Rick Scott addresses supporters at the Tampa Jet Center on Monday, the Republican establishment behind him: at left, Senate...
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St. Pete Beach condo owner offers cautionary loan modification tale
By Waveney Ann Moore, Times Staff Writer Monday, August 30, 2010 Lyn Feliciano Selditch, 71, bought this two-bedroom condo in St. Pete Beach in 2004 with her brother. After her brother died, she...
View ArticleTuesday's meetings, events in Hernando, Pasco counties
Times staff Monday, August 30, 2010 Today's picksHernando CountyKaraoke with Rusty: 7 p.m., VFW Post 10209, 14736 Edward R. Noll Drive, Spring Hill. (352) 796-0398.Steak Shoot at Marine Corps League:...
View ArticleExtrication needed in serious crash in St. Pete that injures three
By Luis Perez and Danny Valentine, Times Staff Writers Tuesday, August 31, 2010 ST. PETERSBURG — Three people were injured — two critically — in a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of Ninth Avenue...
View ArticleDriver dies after St. Petersburg crash in which witnesses say he ran red light
By Danny Valentine, Times Staff Writers Tuesday, August 31, 2010 ST. PETERSBURG — The driver who witnesses said ran a red light in a Monday night crash has died, police said.Javon L. Oliver, 20, was...
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Warm welcomes greet Rubio in Pasco, Hernando visits
By Jodie Tillman and Tony Marrero, Times Staff Writers Monday, August 30, 2010 Marco Rubio, the GOP candidate for U.S. Senate, drew fans in Pasco and Hernando counties. SHADY HILLS — His campaign...
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1,500 apply for 300 jobs at South Tampa Walmart
By Justin George, Times Staff Writer Monday, August 30, 2010 Kristin Caldwell, 21, applies at the Walmart hiring center in South Tampa on Monday while her daughter Haleigh Mechling, 8 months, waits...
View ArticleTrial begins against Brooksville man accused of murder during break-in
By Molly Moorhead, Times Staff Writer Monday, August 30, 2010 NEW PORT RICHEY — Corey Evans went to the house on Oxenham Avenue to hang out and play video games. His cousin, Kenneth Evans, lived...
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Convicted man expresses remorse over deaths during resentencing hearing
By Lane DeGregory, Times Staff Writer Monday, August 30, 2010 Beverly Falla faces Joseph Safrany, who was convicted and received a life sentence in the deaths of three men, including her son, Shawn,...
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