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Local veterinarians learn zeutering
TAMPA, Fl - Bay area veterinarians and vet technicians are training to do zeutering. The vets are being certified at the Humane Society of Tampa Bay's animal health center in ...
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Rays welcome surprising AL East-leading Yanks
One year ago on May 22, the roles were reversed: The Rays had a 26-18 record and a 3 1/2-game lead over the Yankees for second place in the American League East. Yet it was the Yanks who ended up taking the division title. As the two teams prepare to start a three-game series Friday, the Yankees find themselves in first place with a 4 1/2-game lead over the fourth-place Rays. "I think ...
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Intl Ecological Conference held in St. Petersburg
Around 2,000 delegates from 26 countries have descended on St. Petersburg's Tauride Palace for the 6th Nevsky International Ecological ...
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Deputies 40 animals abandoned filthy
Pasco County deputies say they found 40 or more emaciated animals living in filth in a home in Holiday. A strong smell outside led them to find dogs, cats, rabbits, a snake, and a lizard abandoned ...
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Blue Jays beat Rays 4-3 in 10 innings
Jose Bautista, of the Toronto Blue Jays, will start as an Outfielder for the American League in the 2012 MLB All-Star Game July 10, 2012 in Kansas City.Photographer: Jim Rogash: Getty ...
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Tornado leveled Pinellas school in 1978
CLEARWATER, Fla. - "He was six. It was on his sixth birthday," said mom Sue DuVal Hickey. She says she almost kept her son home from school, but Kindergarten birthdays only happen once. "I had gone by Publix and I had picked up some cupcakes and took them into the school and dropped him off. I told Mrs. Lovely I'd be back at 1:00, and I said goodbye to him. And that was the ...
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Hoarding investigation turns tragic
HERNANDO COUNTY, Fla. - We'll start with the victims. We can hear the muted meows of kitties in cages at the Hernando County Animal Services facility in Brooksville. It's the only testimony they can muster after what we're told was a hoarding investigation that ended in a parking lot in Spring ...
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Rodney bullpen cant contain Blue Jays late
TB@TOR: Loney knocks in Longoria with go-ahead single TORONTO -- The Blue Jays took a 4-3 win in 10 innings over the Rays on Wednesday afternoon at Rogers Centre to claim the rubber game of the three-game series. The Rays finished their six-game road trip to Baltimore and Toronto with a 4-2 mark, while falling to 24-22 on the season. Colby Rasmus reached safely to start the bottom of the ...
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Final report issued for Seffner sinkhole
SEFFNER, Fla - Amid the demolition of two Seffner homes that neighbor a deadly sinkhole, Hillsborough County officials released a 25-page report Wednesday detailing their efforts to rescue Jeff Bush who lost his life back in February. Officials refer to the incident as the 'tragedy on Faithway Drive.' Bush was sleeping in his bed when a sinkhole opened up under his bedroom around 11 ...
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Tiger has surgery in Clearwater for giant hairball
CLEARWATER -- It's not a typical case of a cat with a hairball. The cat at BluePearl Veterinary animal hospital in Clearwater Wednesday weighs about 400 lbs - and its hairball had to be removed through surgery. A 18-year-old tiger named 'Ty' went under the knife Wednesday at BluePearl Veterinary Partners specialty and emergency hospital in Clearwater. The hairball they removed ...
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After science bomb student wants back
LAKELAND, Fla. - Standing hand-in-hand with her twin sister, Kiera Wilmot took to the podium. "I made the mistake of performing my experiment outside of the classroom, however, that is the only mistake I believe I made," she said. Wilmot, 16, generated global attention after she was arrested on two felony charges for what her family calls "a science project gone wrong." ...
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MacDill AFB dog nominated for Hero Award
"I walked back slowly, recalled the dog back to me, just trying to keep us all safe. It was very scary," Sgt. Hutto said. "That day he saved my life because I didn't step on ...
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Longoria credits consistent health for success
Email TORONTO -- Joe Maddon recently commented that Evan Longoria was playing better than he had ever seen him play. Longoria downplayed the Rays manager's compliment. "I just think that I'm happy I've been able to be healthy and on the field," Longoria said. "And just that in itself creates a real positive mentality, a real ability to just be focused on one thing ...
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WellCare names David Gallitano to top board post
David Gallitano The board of directors of WellCare Health Plans Inc. elected David Gallitano as chairman. Gallitano, a WellCare director since 2009, succeeds Charles Berg, who stepped down from the board at the end of todays annual shareholders meeting. Gallitano has been president of Tucker Advisors Inc., a private investment firm, since 2002. Gallitanos operational experience and financial ...
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Bloomin Brands gains other Tampa Bay companies slide Video
May 22 (Bloomberg) -- Bloombergs Trish Regan, Adam Johnson and Julie Hyman report on todays ten most important stocks including Hewlett-Packard, Saks and Toll Brothers. (Source: Bloomberg) Bloomin Brands was the only winner among the 10 largest public companies in Tampa Bay on Wall Street Wednesday. Bloomin Brands (NASDAQ: BLMN) posted a gain of 1.51 percent. TECO Energy (NYSE: TE) has the ...
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Bucs Give Crabtree Room to Grow
Tampa Bay believes TE Tom Crabtree has the potential to produce at a higher level, given the opportunity, and the former Packer is excited about the ...
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Homeless mans dog Handover found
Handover was Bryan's best friend for the next five years, even after he lost his farm, his car, and most of his personal belongings. Homeless and living along U.S. 19 in Hudson, Handover was always by Bryan's ...
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Victims return to tornado-ravaged homes
MOORE, Okla. - Two days after an EF-5 tornado tore through the town of Moore, Okla., residents are being allowed to return to where their homes once stood. Security is tight, with 49 checkpoints manned by law enforcement personnel from all over the state, but more and more residents have been allowed inside the destruction area. The Oklahoma National Guards is stationed in various neighborhoods ...
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Todays MLB starting lineups May 22
Below are starting lineups that have been made public by the clubs. A lineup is not official until it is handed to the umpire. Additional lineups will be added as they become available: Arizona Diamondbacks: 1. ...
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TIA launches self-service technology for passengers
Tampa International Airport Tampa International Airport is launching two new customer-facing self-service technologies from FlightView. Flight-in-Sight shows travelers the exact location of the incoming aircraft that will be their outbound plane and Destination Weather Live tells passengers information about weather affecting flights, according to a statement. The content for both displays will ...
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Evergreen Eagle to lay off 44 at TIA
Evergreen International Aviation Inc. will lay off 44 workers at Tampa International Airport on Friday, according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification filed with Florida regulators. The companys Eagle division provides baggage-handling services at TIA. Calls to the Oregon-based company were not immediately returned Wednesday. In March, Evergreen issued a statement about its $276.3 ...
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Homes next to Seffner sinkhole torn down
It was one of two homes being demolished, both of them neighbor the sinkhole at 240 Faithway Drive that swallowed 37-year-old Jeff Bush as he slept in ...
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Seven Seas Water names South American HQ president
Claudio Baldovino has been named the new president for the South American headquarters of Seven Seas Water Corp. He previously was a partner and director of private equity for Buena Vista Capital, a private investment firm in Santiago, according to a statement. Baldovino has also worked for Rothschild Group in London, Buenos Aires, Lima and New York, the statement said. Adding Baldovino to the ...
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Tampa to be linked with rest of state via high-speed rail
Tampa may be connected to Orlando via a high-speed railway by 2015 if the project stays on schedule and if politics do not get in the way. But, the long-term future of the grander project may be in doubt, despite the US losing ground internationally.
High-speed rail is a fairly modern advancement on rail travel that has been widely adopted in the modern world as the best form of overland mass transit. Highly developed countries like Japan, the UK, France, Italy, Germany and Spain have adopted high-speed rail extensively. Read more
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