International baseball comes to St. Petersburg
By Jamal Thalji, Times Staff Writer Monday, October 4, 2010 ST. PETERSBURG — Playoff baseball is already here. Now international baseball is on its way.Mayor Bill Foster announced Monday that national...
View ArticleInternational baseball coming to St. Petersburg, mayor says
By Jamal Thalji, Times Staff Writer Monday, October 4, 2010 ST. PETERSBURG — Playoff baseball is already here. Now spring training games are coming back — in a manner of speaking.Mayor Bill Foster...
View ArticleHernando ponders what to do with unexpected tax windfall
By Barbara Behrendt, Times Staff Writer Monday, October 4, 2010 BROOKSVILLE - The close of the fiscal year last week brought an unexpected surprise to Hernando County officials on Friday.When the...
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Alex Sink blasts Rick Scott: "I just refuse to let (him) hijack my state...
By Mary Ellen Klas, Times/Herald Tallahassee Bureau Monday, October 4, 2010 “He’s trying to buy the office,” Alex Sink says of her GOP rival for governor. He “doesn’t know zip about Florida, or policy...
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Coconut Inn in Pass-a-Grille carries on fight on two fronts
By Sheila Mullane Estrada, Times Correspondent Monday, October 4, 2010 Owner Joe Caruso is trying to get his Coconut Inn traditional hotel district zoning and has sued the city over a recreation area....
View ArticleAnd it's root, root, root for the Rays
By Howard Troxler, Times Columnist Monday, October 4, 2010 So, a woman who sits near us at Rays games said, hey, let's fly to Kansas City this weekend to see the last two games of the season.And one...
View ArticleDrug smuggler pleads to Operation Panama Express charges
Times staff Monday, October 4, 2010 TAMPA – A transportation organizer for Colombian drug smugglers pleaded guilty in federal court Monday to overseeing the export of 18 to 40 multi-ton loads of...
View ArticleDifferences aside, Rays and St. Petersburg are ready to put on a party
By Michael Van Sickler, Times Staff Writer Monday, October 4, 2010 ST. PETERSBURG — As Major League Baseball's postseason festivities descend upon St. Petersburg for the second time in three years,...
View ArticleDifferences aside, Rays and St. Petersburg are ready to put on a party
By Michael Van Sickler, Times Staff Writer Monday, October 4, 2010 ST. PETERSBURG — As Major League Baseball's postseason festivities descend upon St. Petersburg for the second time in three years,...
View ArticlePort Richey residents pack council chambers to protest noise ordinance
By Drew Harwell, Times Staff Writer Monday, October 4, 2010 PORT RICHEY — The council's plan to quiet the city backfired Monday night, as residents packed City Hall to sound off against the noise law...
View ArticleWanted for killing South Florida girl, suspect surrenders in Tampa
Times staff Monday, October 4, 2010 TAMPA — Wanted for killing a 9-year-old girl in a weekend dispute in South Florida, a murder suspect walked into Tampa police headquarters and surrendered Monday,...
View ArticleFire damages furniture shop in Largo
Times staff Monday, October 4, 2010 LARGO — Firefighters put out a fire at Infinity Custom Furniture Inc., 6254 147th Ave. N, Largo, shortly after 9 p.m. Monday. Fire Chief Michael Wallace of Largo...
View ArticleFormer head of Iraqi Red Crescent sues VA over Bay Pines dismissal
By Richard Danielson, Times Staff Writer Monday, October 4, 2010 TAMPA — A Largo doctor who took a leave to return to his native Iraq and eventually ran the Iraqi Red Crescent Organization is suing...
View ArticleFedEx truck, van involved in fatal crash near Tampa
Times staff Monday, October 4, 2010 TAMPA — Hillsborough County sheriff's deputies were investigating a fatal accident Monday night involving a minivan and a FedEx truck.The crash occurred at the...
View ArticleViews of 5th Congressional District rivals Piccillo, Nugent are miles apart
By Tony Marrero, Times Staff Writer Monday, October 4, 2010 BROOKSVILLE — In the race for the 5th Congressional District seat, Democrat Jim Piccillo and Republican Sheriff Rich Nugent are talking a...
View ArticleWhy did Verizon Wireless overcharge 15 million customers before making things...
By Robert Trigaux, Times Business Columnist Monday, October 4, 2010 It's no corporate mea culpa and hardly an apology. Verizon Wireless, the nation's largest cell phone service provider, released an...
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Bondsman makes it his mission to catch one particular bail jumper
By Emily Nipps, Times Staff Writer Monday, October 4, 2010 Al Estes Sr., 77, left, his assistant Dawn Dreizler, 49, of St. Petersburg and son Eric Estes, 40, of St. Petersburg deliberate the fate of a...
View ArticlePolitical novice stirs up race for Kathy Castor's seat
By Kim Wilmath, Times Staff Writer Monday, October 4, 2010 TAMPA — Mike Prendergast ambles through a pile of weeds, then ducks aside in the nick of time."Spiderwebs — that's one of the dangers," he...
View ArticlePolitical novice Mike Prendergast stirs up race for Kathy Castor's seat
By Kim Wilmath, Times Staff Writer Monday, October 4, 2010 TAMPA — Mike Prendergast ambles through a pile of weeds, then ducks aside in the nick of time."Spiderwebs — that's one of the dangers," he...
View ArticlePedestrian hospitalized after Treasure Island hit-and-run
By Danny Valentine, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, October 5, 2010 TREASURE ISLAND — A pedestrian was hospitalized after being struck by a hit-and-run driver late Monday, police said.A man, who was not...
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