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The Ybor City issue: Beds for heads — New development in Ybor could lead to...
It’s hard to imagine a time when Ybor City wasn’t a colorful nightlife district where locals and tourists poured in on weekend evenings only to desert it in the wee hours of the following morning....
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Game on!: The new Bro Bowl opens
With over a decade of planning and with its fair share of controversy, political bickering and set backs, the Perry Harvey Sr. Skate Park (or, Bro Bowl 2.0, as it's affectionately known) had its...
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Six years after Deepwater Horizon, restoring the gulf is still a tall order,...
Birds, turtles, dolphins, fish and whales; these are all the biggest victims of the 2010 BP oil spill that pumped an unprecedented amount of oil into the Gulf of Mexico for 87 straight days. But can...
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Uhuru activists decry centuries of "terror and genocide" against...
They pulled up, exited their vehicles and moved as a group. When the vigil ended, personal security elements interrupted the flow of traffic as they convoyed to their next destination. A crowd of...
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In Tampa, immigration activists call on Supreme Court to uphold DACA
In the wake of what seems to be a four-four split over a rule intended to prevent immigrant families from being ripped apart in the event a parent's undocumented status is discovered, a handful of...
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Sh*t happened 4/19/16: Times wins Pulitzers, Pitcher Show needs your help,...
You know what you have to do, don't you? Then do it.The Tampa Bay Timeswon two more Pulitzer Prizes in this, the awards' 100th year, for local reporting (failure factories) and investigative reporting...
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With primary still months off, R & D Senate hopefuls Jolly and Grayson to...
As Democrats seek to take back control of the U.S. Senate, the race to replace outgoing U.S. Senator from Florida (and now failed presidential hopeful) Marco Rubio will likely be one of the most...
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MOSI to move from USF area to downtown
It's (almost) official: Tampa's Museum of Science and Industry is moving downtown. In the wake of a feasibility study recommending the move, the museum's board of directors decided relocating to that...
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Sh*t happened 4/20/16: Castro speaks, MOSI eyes move, Operation Chill in full...
Hey man, something something weed joke. Let's exercise your short-term memory and see if yesterday's still swirling around in there somewhere.Fidel Castromade what may turn out to be his last public...
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CASA needs $40,000 to build a pet kennel at its domestic violence shelter
The connection between animal abuse and violence toward humans is becoming more and more obvious. Often, abuse victims are afraid to leave their situations out of concern for the safety of a family...
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Hillsborough BOCC gives a nod to Go Hillsborough transit, road project list
It's not like they voted to put a one-percent sales tax hike proposal on the ballot that would finance a fundamental overhaul of how Tampanians get around or anything. But the Hillsborough Board of...
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Poll shows everything comin' up Crist in Congressional race
It's been a good couple of weeks for St. Pete native and former Florida Governor Charlie Crist, who's running for a Congressional seat that now sits squarely in Pinellas. The threat of a formidable...
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Game of Drones, 04/21/16: Dragons, oaf love and the creep factor
Well, well, well. The game is afoot in our two favorite senseless power struggles, one fictional, the other slightly less so (though largely just as scripted): Game of Thrones, the sixth season of...
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Walking the walk: St. Pete’s Earth Day fest organizers plan on actually going...
Throughout the year, the Tampa Bay area abounds with themed events that aim to appeal to all demographics, from RibFest to Ren Fest. Such festivities provide hours of entertainment, multiple (if not...
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Sh*t happened 4/21/16: Infiltrator movie trailer, beaches are gross because...
Sing it with me: "It's almost/time to start slackiiiiiiiing..."The trailer for new Tampa-shot Pablo Escobar crime flick The Infiltratoris out. Not a lot of Tampa to see in it, but it's still fun...
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Transforming Tampa Bay: Streetscape fightin'
There’s a turf battle being waged right now across America and throughout the world, and the prize is the street — and who gets to use it. One side, the highway-industrial complex, has held sway for...
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Gwen Graham is likely to run for gov in 2018, but what about Bob?
With 2016 being such a, er, flamboyant year in American politics, the runup to the 2018 midterm election seems like a far-off utopia about which nobody cares but politicos and people over 65; everyone...
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Sh*t happened 4/22/16: RIP Prince, hello flamingoes and rental bikes in St. Pete
Yesterday was ... well, it just wasn't great for people who enjoy sexy songs about sex. Hey, did you hear? A little purple geniusleft us to go back to a plane of existence more accommodating of his...
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Local officials laud massive rooftop solar installation
No one denies it: there's not much going on in Lealman. An unincorporated area wedged between St. Petersburg, Pinellas Park and Kenneth City, it's perhaps best known for its industrial complexes and...
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The Bucs didn’t lose because of injuries
Despite a stellar defensive performance, Tampa Bay still can’t beat New Orleans in the regular season. Let’s make a few things clear. The Bucs didn’t lose 9-0 on Sunday because Mike Evans and Chris...
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