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Cops Teen used moms computer for crime
TAMPA - A Tampa teen faces more than three dozen fraud charges after stealing personal identification information from his mother's work computer to get credit cards. Deputies received information that 18-year-old Devonte Jackson had 22 fraudulently-obtained credit cards at his home at 4541 Ashburn Square Drive. Officials found a bag filled with fraudulent credit cards in the home. An ...
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Man charged with sexual attack on child
THONOTOSASSA - A 12-year-old girl selling juice boxes door-to-door was lured into a trailer by a Thonotosassa man and then sexually assaulted, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's ...
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Port board nixes Channelside redevelopment deal
Channelside Bay Plaza. The Tampa Port Authority Tuesday morning effectively killed Liberty Channelsides proposal to develop the beleaguered plaza by rejecting the note-holding Irish bank receivers request for assignment of lease. Hillsborough County Commissioner Sandra Murman introduced a request to discuss Channelside, which was not part of the boards regular meeting agenda. The board ...
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Rev. Terry Jones plans Quran burnings in Tampa on Sept. 11
TAMPA - The Rev. Terry Jones is planning to burn 2,998 Qurans on Sept. 11 in Tampa, though the exact location of the event has not been announced. But on Jones' Facebook ...
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Marauders fall to Tampa Yankees 2-1 at McKechnie Field
Tampa Yankees (18-24) Monday night at McKechnie Field. It was Bradenton's 10th one run loss of the season. The Marauders are 8-10 in games decided by one ...
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Rookie involved in brawl at Buccaneers workouts
Buccaneers are coming off of an embarrassing season that saw them start with promise but nose dive into a top-15 draft pick. However, the year was an improvement on the season they had in 2011 which means Tampa Bay seems to be on the rise and could fight hard this season. But while the regular season is still months away, ...
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Founder Institute Not enough Tampa Bay entrepreneurs for boot camp
Ressi An institute created to support entrepreneurial projects, the Founder Institute, had announced it would be holding a boot camp in the Tampa Bay-area, but has now cancelled it due to a lack of qualified applicants, it said. The Institute was created by Adeo Ressi, a college dropout who has had started eight businesses including a New York guide program bought by AOL in 1997. Ressi came to ...
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Southgate strikes back Mall making big changes to keep customers
After a series of headlines about major department store departures, Westfield Group created some buzz with plans to renovate Sarasotas Southgate Mall with an outdoor project including retail, restaurants and nightlife. The one-acre addition will add 46,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space to the existing mall building in a space that is currently being used as a parking lot, the ...
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IMG unveils $15 million dormitory
The internationally-famed athletics training school, the IMG Academy of Bradenton, opened its new $15 million residence hall on Monday. The academy is a private school for elite athletes from around the world with about 700 students from pre-kindergarten to post-graduate age-levels, the Bradenton Herald said. The state-of-the-art dorm is accessible only by security badges. It has more than ...
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10 things you need to know for Tuesday
C-City Blogger Presenting Chester City's news and views to Delco Times web visitors who want to know more of what's going on in the City besides the stories they read in the ...
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VSI Tampa Bay FC Set to Battle The Rowdies
PLANT CITY | VSI Tampa Bay FC will take on the Tampa Bay Rowdies tonight at at Plant City Stadium after Tampa Bay FC edged Orlando City U23s this past Tuesday night in the first round of the US Open ...
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Deputies say coach head-butted ump
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. - "It's the big event at the end of the softball season. It's an exciting and fun time," said Debbie Bretz. It was an All-Star game. The best 12-year old softball players in the Miss Florida Softball League -- Lakeland's Christina Girls versus Auburndale. "It was a difficult game with lots of questionable calls," said Bretz. But the ...
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Local nail salons nailed by the state
But in a special I-Team investigation, we found Florida's Board of Cosmetology has written up less than 100 salons locally for serious citations with fines ranging from $50 to $500 for unlicensed workers, the most serious ...
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Boaters rescued after taking on water
"We noticed a boat on the left side of the vessel taking on water. There were about six, seven people in the water already. And about six on board still. The stern end of the boat was already submerged," Jenkins ...
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Man gets deputys gun badge in robbery
As daylight dimmed Saturday evening, investigators say a man lurked in the shadows before snatching a purse away from Regina Hulverson, an off-duty deputy with the Polk County Sheriff's ...
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Cops Refused drink man stabbed barmaid
Pinellas County deputies said it appears 50-year-old Jim Klingbeil went on a stabbing spree Sunday night after a bartender refused to serve him more ...
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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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