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Council candidate Jackie Toledo scores citizen complaint over use of city...
As far as municipal elections go, Tampa's city elections are pretty low-key. After all, the mayoral race is pretty much in the bag for incumbent Mayor Bob Buckhorn (sorry Jose Vazquez), and the five...
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Sh*t happened 2/23/15: Common Core, Chuck D, the Oscars
Good morning! How was your weekend? Great! Now let us never speak of it again:FRIDAY, FEB. 20 Eckerd College announces that Public Enemy's Chuck Dwill speak at its Fox Hall this Wednesday, Feb. 25. If...
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Coworkers react to news of Apryl Foster's death
Those who were close to Apryl Foster, the 33-year-old Brandon woman who went missing Feb. 12, are mourning after her body was found Sunday submerged in her car in a lake near her home. Officials...
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Sh*t happened 2/24/15: Dolphins, manatees and Sam Smith, oh my
Monday was not a great day to be on the sea's hit list. A 39-foot fishing boatran not just aground, but into a Ruskin-area beachside restaurant. Witnesses blamed the encroaching fog, but some were...
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Environmentalists tout new study highlighting the influence of "corporate...
As a congressional block to an executive order to restore federal protection of smaller waterways looms, environmental groups in Florida are trying to draw attention to the potential harm of not...
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Zimmerman is still not in trouble for killing Trayvon Martin
Florida man George Zimmerman, America's favorite gun owner, is once again out of the woods after a the U.S. Department of Justice announced Tuesday it is closing its investigation over whether he...
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Sh*t happened 2/25/15: Zimmerman skates, neighborhood shooters skate, Chris...
Tuesday blew by like a tornado of kamikaze wasps frustrating at having been blown off-course and just looking for a reason to drop ass-first into angry oblivion. No, wait — foggy. It was foggy. The...
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Fundraiser brings Tampa's Democrats together in support for Hillary Clinton...
While Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential run has yet to be made official, the expected Democratic frontrunner has still been the beneficiary of the numerous political action committees that have...
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Group that fought the Lens urges public scrutiny of Pier designs
As you may or may not know, a non-binding poll is underway that allows St. Pete residents (registered voters over 18, anyway), to weigh in on which of the seven design proposals should be chosen to...
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Election? What election? Tuesday’s low-profile Tampa contests could have more...
If you live in Tampa and haven’t thought about Tuesday’s election, you may want to, especially if you plan on sticking around for a few decades. Sure, local elections aren’t sexy, and they get short...
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USF protest highlights plight of adjunct faculty
On an overcast Wednesday as the surrounding campus teemed with activity, a handful of people were gathered outside USF Marshall Center to shed light on an issue that doesn't get a whole lot of...
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Sh*t happened 2/26/15: I don't even want to joke about it
Ye gods, I can't even do it. Between one of the last Florida panthers being run over, firefighters suing a helmet manufacturer and the usual shit about trolls gaming online reviews, there's really...
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Drinking Issue 2015: Commune + Co.'s rolling revival
A stroll down Ybor City’s Seventh Avenue is an exercise for the senses. Sunlight beams onto cheesy plastic beads dangling over streetlights, panhandlers tell you stories and the sweet smell of cigar...
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Transforming Tampa Bay: A new Urban Lab at St. Pete Shuffle's Cue House
For three decades, Tampa has benefited from the bright, open minds of USF School of Architecture and Community Design students who have taken the city as their challenge. From pedestrian bridges...
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Water main break, structural damage, shut down 600 Block
If you were planning on hitting Daddy Kool Records or Star Booty today, we have some sucky news. Basically, the entire 600 Block is shut down today after a water main break caused the wall of a...
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Pinellas Sens. file human trafficking, civil forfeiture bills
Florida is home to people who are all kinds of skeezy. Two bills state lawmakers are slated to consider during the legislative session that starts next week will deal with some of the travesties of...
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Sh*t happened 2/27/2015: 600 Block, llamas amok and potential Hillsborough jobs
All right, so Thursday was something of an improvement on Wednesday, and not only because llamas:A water main breakcaused the side of a building along St. Pete's popular 600 block to collapse,...
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Differences on Cuba glaringly obvious in Tampa Bay despite "thaw"
As debate raged on the internet over the true colors of a party dress, a more serious discussion on US-Cuba relations, and one with eons more shelf life, took place on the USF St. Pete campus as part...
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Sh*t happened 3/02/15: Growlers, bad neighbors and mediocre tuneage
Not the worst weekend, Saturday's torrential rain notwithstanding. Let's not look back in anger, but rather with a slight headache and general feeling that things coulda been worse.FRIDAY, FEB. 27A...
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Sh*t happened 3/3/15: Tampa billionaires, gambling legislation and the...
Forbes magazine's list of the world's richest individuals includes four Tampa Bay area folks, including the heir to the Publix fortune. One of them could be you! Did you look? That's why you're not...
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