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Sh*t happened 10/12/15: Enough with misinterpreting the 2nd Amendment...
The first cool breeze of autumn snaked between the trees and buildings, funneling through the alley to blow up my kilt, embarrassing me in front of a dog who'd squeezed his way under a privacy fence...
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Sh*t happened 10/13/15: Body cams work, Grier suspended, giant potty chair
As long as your entire indigenous New World population wasn't enslaved by a stranger with no sense of direction, or you didn't have to go back to work after your mail truck was ripped open by a...
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Sh*t happened 10/14/15: Democratic debate, local reality TV series, Korn...
I can remember being a kid, standing at the edge of a mountainous sand dune — I think my parents had dragged us to North Carolina for a family vacation trip — and staring out over the barrier island,...
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Dems debate: Sanders steals young hearts
When pigs fly will we have a socialist for president, right? Of course, Senator Bernie Sanders isn't a socialist, but the distinction between socialists and social democrats (the government owning...
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Bike share, stormwater repairs among Kriseman suggestions of how to spend BP...
In a crowded room at St. Pete's water resources department headquarters, Mayor Rick Kriseman said Wednesday he'd like to spend the city's share of BP oil disaster settlement money on things that would...
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Sh*t happened 10/15/15: Kriseman elaborates on BP money, troglodytes hurt...
If a day is indeed like a week in miniature, then Thursday is the week's equivalent of, like 4 p.m. on a Monday — it sucks, but it sucks less than two hours ago (Wednesday). Mayor Rick Krisemanspoke...
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No filter? Twitter’s integral — if at times toxic — role in politics.
It happens more often than you care to count. A political campaign announces a new hire, usually a rising star. The media reports on it, first positively, if superficially — then, after a few days’...
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Color us shocked: report shows energy, utility industries trying to quash...
As we have covered before, efforts to expand solar power in Florida have been met with fierce utility industry resistance. Well, a new study shows that barrier isn't unique to the Sunshine State. The...
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Sh*t happened 10/16/15: State gambling, TIA is killing it, elderly pot kingpins
"Step right up, step right up! Come on in and enjoy the exhilarating, jaw-dropping experience that is Friday! Plenty of room folks, come one, come all! Friday, Friday, Friday! We take — oh, I'm sorry...
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Crist to announce something Tuesday
Today's news on potential news that'll probably happen next week comes from former Governor Charlie Crist. Cate Communications, the firm that's apparently doing his press stuffs, sent out a...
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Jeb Bush's 9/11 Trump tweet was prolly a little misguided
Didn't we just write about how it's not a good idea tweet when you're drunk or upset? Apparently, a certain presidential contender didn't get the memo. Shortly after 3 p.m. Friday, former Florida...
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Pier approach teams ranked, might look familiar
What remains of the St. Petersburg Pier looks more or less like a Rubik's cube left to melt in the sun. A new pier, Pier Park, is expected to take its place, fully, by 2018. At an additional cost of...
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Sh*t happened 12/8/15: Kriseman burns Trump, St. Pete gets rapid, gambling...
We've got that it's-a-Tuesday-that-feels-like-Monday feeling again: St. Pete mayor Rick Kriseman's sarcastic tweet banning Donald Trump from St. Pete in the wake of Trump's own "ban Muslims" comments...
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On House floor, David Jolly calls for Trump to leave presidential race
St. Pete Mayor Rick Kriseman and Congressman David Jolly don't have a whole lot they agree on. One is a progressive Democrat; the other is a conservative Republican. But neither is a fan of Donald...
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Tampa ranks among top ten college cities
When it comes to how large cities rank for college students, eight isn't too bad. That's how Tampa ranked among the country's largest cities, at least when it came to how attractive the city is for...
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Sh*t happened 12/9/15: Gator eats suspect, east coast caffeinated
The weather cools, and the weird news comes outside in an ugly new sweater. After dropping for four straight years, an annual report showed that Florida's debt rose slightly. Listen, we can hate on...
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Hillsborough courthouse to dedicate media room to veteran journo Warren Elly
Many local newspeople in the Tampa Bay area — veterans and relative newbies alike — have good memories of Warren Elly, a journalist who spent nearly three decades telling Tampa Bay's stories. That's...
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Kriseman's viral Trump tweet gets recognition from national media, racists
At first, it seemed like an ordinary, off-the-cuff Twitter post from the Democrat mayor of a midsize city. That all changed within hours Monday night, when St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman's tweet...
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Sh*t happened 12/10/15: Enterprise Florida's fuzzy numbers, Oldsmar's...
Breathe easy, friends: This particular round-up of yesterday's news contains no mentions of a particular, popular wild-haired carrot who misinterpreted overhead snatches of Fox News whilst growing in...
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Walking death: Will cars and pedestrians ever be able to share Tampa Bay’s...
If you’re a regular driver in Hillsborough or Pinellas, you probably see it at least once a week. You’re moving at a reasonable speed down a major thoroughfare. A pedestrian steps out into the street...
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