Friday 3rd September, 2010
Couple and Friend Killed in Tampa Crash Identified
TAMPA | A preacher and his wife were identified today as two of three victims in a fatal car crash Thursday night at an east Tampa intersection.
Teen killer Rachel Wade gets 27 years
A love triangle murder case came to a close today in Pinellas County when Judge Joseph A. Bulone sentenced convicted killer Rachel Wade to 27 years in prison. Wade, 20, was found guilty of the murder ...
Bright House gets ESPN3.com in new deal
LOS ANGELES - Time Warner Cable Inc. customers will finally get access to the sports website ESPN3.com, even if they are not subscribers of the company's Internet service, according to a long-term dea...
Have you done these 4 things?
ABC Action NewsWilkett says those numbers could be significantly lower if homeowners performed their own security audit. An audit that is now easy to find online. Wilkett walked us through the four things that all h...
No make-up days for holiday trash pick-up in Tampa
TBO.comLabor Day holiday on Monday. For affected customers, trash will be picked up on the next regularly scheduled garbage day, on Thursday, Sept. 9, according to the city's solid waste department. The ma...
Garza vows to make Orioles 'uncomfortable' after getting battered in last meeting
TBO.comTampa Bay Rays righthander will carry a chip on his shoulder into tonight's start against the Baltimore Orioles. Garza (13-7, 3.53) gave up four home runs to the Orioles when he last faced them at
Do passengers in the car change your driving habits?
TBO.comI recently received a phone call from a reader who suggested a slew of community issues I should check into. The call, which was much appreciated, got me to thinking about something I often do. I dri...
Bucs begin tough task of trimming roster to 53 players
TBO.comTAMPA - Now comes the hard part for Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach Raheem Morris and general manager Mark Dominik. They will get together Friday afternoon to start shaping this year's team, Morris said. ...
Publix names Atlanta VP
The Business Journalpromoted Joseph DiBenedetto to Atlanta Division vice president. He’ll take the position on Jan. 1, 2011. He has been a regional director in the Atlanta Division of the supermarket chain, which ...
Bella Petrella plans to sell shares
The Business Journal, could raise as much as $1.3 million after expenses in a stock offering. The Tampa company plans to sell 3 million shares of its stock at 50 cents a share to
BP Gulf oil spill costs reach $8B
The Business JournalBP Plc . on Friday said its costs for the Gulf oil spill response has reached $8 billion. The news comes just as the London oil giant has operations under way to replace the Deepwater Horizon’s...
Fla. is No. 3 for homebuyer credits
The Business JournalFlorida accounted for 64,879 claims under the three federal first-time homebuyer credits offered since 2008, according to a report released by the
SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment taps David D’Alessandro
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Have you done these 4 things?
ABC Action NewsWilkett says the numbers could be significantly lower if homeowners performed their own security audit. An audit that is now easy to find online. Wilkett walked us through the four things that all hom...
Balloon Boy family calls Bradenton home
ABC Action NewsBRADENTON, Fla. - Richard Heene, the mastermind behind the balloon boy hoax, has landed in Manatee County. He captured the concern of the nation when he claimed his then 6-year old son floated int...
Weatherbird II to study gulf sea life
ABC Action NewsST. PETERSBURG - USF researchers are taking the Weatherbird II research vessel back to the Deepwater Horizon spill area off the Florida Panhandle where scientists have reported deepwater toxic oil plu...
Lynch makes case in Bucs' 24-17 preseason win
TBO.comHOUSTON - They had reached the point in the preseason Thursday night where proving you can help on special teams was about the best thing any player on the bubble could do for himself. Unless, of cou...
Roethlisberger's suspension cut to 4 games
TBO.comPITTSBURGH - Ben Roethlisberger's suspension has been cut from six games to four by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell. The Pittsburgh Steelers' star quarterback met with Goodell early Friday and was tol...
Bulls notes: Callahan to see only 1 ex-player
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Hard Rock Cafe opening in Tampa
Business JournalA new Hard Rock Cafe is expected to open at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Tampa before year-end. The 17,500-square-foot Hard Rock Cafe Tampa will be built on the northwest corner of th...
Juniors lift Zephyrhills to girls golf win
TBO.comThe Zephyrhills girls golf team, it seems, has lost no sleep over losing its top two players. Sarah Baniszewski and Taylor Brady's careers are done for the Bulldogs, but stepping in are Tiffany Bahr ...
Tampa man sentenced in Hialeah fraud case
The Business JournalA Tampa man was sentenced Wednesday to 10 months in prison and 15 months of house arrest after pleading guilty to filing false Medicare claims involving a Hialeah pharmacy. It was alleged that Emilio...
Tampa Yankees will pack up for Orlando, if stadium is built
The Business JournalTampa Yankees could head to Orange County, if a site for a new stadium and baseball museum can be found. Former Miami businessman Armando Gutierrez Jr. said in an Orlando press conference he and the ...
3 killed in Tampa car wreck
The Miami HeraldTAMPA, Fla. -- Three people have died after two cars collided at a dangerous Tampa intersection.Tampa Police spokeswoman Andrea Davis said a Buick with a 67-year-old male driver, his 46-year-old wife...
Seffner dad charged with child neglect
ABC Action NewsTAMPA - A Seffner dad was passed out in his motel room, while his two-year-old son wandered into the pool deck wearing nothing but a soiled diaper, Tampa Police said. An employee at the Howard Johnson...
Hillsborough football preview: Week 1
TBO.comHILLSBOROUGH (0-0) AT JEFFERSON (0-0) This is a huge season opener on multiple levels. For starters, it's a rematch of last year's Week 1 game that Jefferson won, 16-15, thanks to a late touchdown an...
Leftwich hurts knee; Big Ben to meet with Goodell
TBO.comBen Roethlisberger for at least a month isn't the Steelers' only quarterback worry. Byron Leftwich, expected to be the fill-in starter, is injured and looks to be out indefinitely. Leftwich, tuning u...
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