From youths, a new perspective on the homeless problem
By Ernest Hooper, Metro Columnist Wednesday, September 1, 2010 As executive director of HomeAid Tampa Bay, a nonprofit group that works to help the homeless rebuild their lives with "dignified...
View ArticleHernando County club happenings for Sept. 2 and beyond
By Phyllis Day, Times Staff Writer Wednesday, September 1, 2010 BrooksvilleBrooksville Elks Lodge 2582: 11494 Cortez Blvd. Steak Shoot, 3 to 5 p.m. Saturday in the lounge. A spaghetti dinner follows...
View ArticleLawsuit, ethics complaint allege late businessman bankrolled Norman home
By Janet Zink, Times Staff Writer Wednesday, September 1, 2010 TAMPA — In the past two weeks, both a lawsuit and an ethics complaint have alleged that the late businessman Ralph Hughes bankrolled an...
View ArticleJeff Greene files suit against St. Petersburg Times, Miami Herald
By Stephen Nohlgren, Times Staff Writer Wednesday, September 1, 2010 Palm Beach billionaire Jeff Greene sued the St. Petersburg Times and the Miami Herald Wednesday, alleging that stories published...
View ArticleOfficials silence pirate station
By Luis Perez, Times Staff Writer Wednesday, September 1, 2010 The Pride of Kenwood, 88.3 FM, was silenced on Tuesday morning with a visit to a 1930s-era bungalow.Agents from the Federal...
View ArticleCouple entangled in dispute fueled by Facebook is ordered to mediation
By Richard Danielson, Times Staff Writer Wednesday, September 1, 2010 TAMPA — John and Lynn France, the estranged couple who landed in headlines via stunning Facebook discoveries, accusations of...
View ArticleTropical Storm Gaston forms as U.S. Coast braces for Hurricane Earl
By Danny Valentine, Times Staff Writer Thursday, September 2, 2010 With Hurricane Earl swirling toward the U.S. coast, Tropical Storm Gaston has formed in the Eastern Atlantic.Florida will be largely...
View ArticleGaston waffles as Hurricane Earl bears down on Outer Banks, Northeast
By Danny Valentine, Times Staff Writer Thursday, September 2, 2010 With Hurricane Earl swirling toward the U.S. coast Thursday, Gaston fluctuated between tropical storm and depression strength in the...
View ArticleTampa couple displaced after duplex fire
By Danny Valentine, Times Staff Writer Thursday, September 2, 2010 TAMPA — A couple was displaced early Thursday after a fire erupted in their duplex and caused $45,000 in damage.No one was...
View ArticleTampa couple displaced after fire at duplex
By Danny Valentine, Times Staff Writer Thursday, September 2, 2010 TAMPA — A couple was displaced early Thursday after a fire erupted in their duplex and caused $45,000 in damage.No one was...
View ArticleCoast Guard rescues couple from boat 200 miles west of St. Pete
By Andy Boyle, Times Staff Writer Thursday, September 2, 2010 CLEARWATER — The Coast Guard rescued a man and woman from a disabled sailboat about 200 miles west of St. Petersburg on Wednesday morning,...
View ArticleCoast Guard rescues couple from boat 200 miles west of St. Petersburg
By Andy Boyle, Times Staff Writer Thursday, September 2, 2010 CLEARWATER — The Coast Guard rescued a man and woman from a disabled sailboat about 200 miles west of St. Petersburg on Wednesday morning,...
View ArticleAs Curran remains hospitalized, Polson takes her place at St. Petersburg council
Thursday, September 2, 2010 ST. PETERSBURG — The City Council opened its Thursday meeting without the familiar sight of chairwoman Leslie Curran at the helm.On Monday, Curran fell off her bicycle at...
View ArticleWith Leslie Curran hospitalized, Herb Polson runs St. Petersburg council meeting
Thursday, September 2, 2010 ST. PETERSBURG — The City Council opened its Thursday meeting without the familiar sight of chairwoman Leslie Curran at the helm.On Monday, Curran fell off her bicycle at...
View ArticlePolice arrest 10 men in St. Petersburg prostitution sting on 34th Street
By Andy Boyle, Times Staff Writer Thursday, September 2, 2010 ST. PETERSBURG – Police arrested 10 men Wednesday night during a prostitution sting along 34th Street N, authorities said.Police used a...
View ArticlePolice arrest 10 men in St. Petersburg prostitution sting
By Andy Boyle, Times Staff Writer Thursday, September 2, 2010 ST. PETERSBURG — Police arrested 10 men Wednesday night during a prostitution sting along 34th Street N, authorities said.Police used a...
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Bradenton man offers $500 reward for info in Tampa cat shooting, near-drowning
By Danny Valentine, Times Staff Writer Thursday, September 2, 2010 The injured female cat, renamed Lovey at the vet's office, is recovering after being shot with a pellet gun more than 30 times then...
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Bradenton man offers $500 reward in Tampa cat shooting, near-drowning
By Danny Valentine, Times Staff Writer Thursday, September 2, 2010 The injured female cat, renamed Lovey at the vet's office, is recovering after being shot with a pellet gun more than 30 times then...
View ArticleBrooksville man convicted of 2008 Shady Hills murder
By Molly Moorhead, Times Staff Writer Thursday, September 2, 2010 NEW PORT RICHEY — A jury convicted Calvin Leon Washington Jr. of first-degree felony murder Thursday morning after deliberating about...
View ArticleJury deliberating fate of Kendrick Morris in 2007 day care rape
By Alexandra Zayas, Times Staff Writer Thursday, September 2, 2010 TAMPA — One of two rape cases against Kendrick Morris is now in the hands of a jury.Morris could face life in prison if convicted of...
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