Provides the latest RSS feeds for Tampa News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page The Tampa News.net http://www.thetampanews.net/index.php/cat/50bf5c36071412a0/ en-us Sat, 25 May 2013 04:59:52 -0400 Sat, 25 May 2013 04:59:52 -0400 30 Selected by the Indians in the 48th round of the 2009 First-Year Player Draft, released two years later and now taking Ivan Nova's spot in the Yankees' starting rotation is 25-year-old left-hander Vidal Nuno. While Nova was activated from the 15-day disabled list Friday, Yankees manager Joe Girardi sent him to the bullpen. Instead, Nuno, who will start Saturday's game against the ... http://www.thetampanews.net/index.php/sid/214754725/scat/50bf5c36071412a0 Sat, 25 May 2013 02:34:30 -0400 http://www.thetampanews.net/index.php/sid/214754725/scat/50bf5c36071412a0 LARGO, Fla. - A man armed with an assault rifle who was fleeing from deputies was shot multiple times, according to the Pinellas County Sheriff's ... http://www.thetampanews.net/index.php/sid/214752937/scat/50bf5c36071412a0 Sat, 25 May 2013 00:27:01 -0400 http://www.thetampanews.net/index.php/sid/214752937/scat/50bf5c36071412a0 NYY@TB: Joyce doubles in Rays' first run in the sixth ST. PETERSBURG -- David Phelps held the Rays without a baserunner until the fifth inning and Tampa Bay's Roberto Hernandez continued to struggle Friday night as the Yankees drubbed the Rays, 9-4, before 17,825 at Tropicana Field. James Loney doubled down the right-field line with one out in the fifth for the first Rays runner ... http://www.thetampanews.net/index.php/sid/214752647/scat/50bf5c36071412a0 Fri, 24 May 2013 23:13:09 -0400 http://www.thetampanews.net/index.php/sid/214752647/scat/50bf5c36071412a0 Ronde Barber's record-breaking 200th consecutive start to open the 2012 NFL season was one of the moments recognized during the Tampa Bay Sports Commission's annual Sneaker Soiree ... http://www.thetampanews.net/index.php/sid/214751958/scat/50bf5c36071412a0 Fri, 24 May 2013 22:14:49 -0400 http://www.thetampanews.net/index.php/sid/214751958/scat/50bf5c36071412a0 MOON LAKE, Fla - Authorities in Pasco County are searching for a serial arsonist who set six brush fires in the Moon Lake area. Forestry officials estimate 600 acres burned in those fires. Due to the ongoing investigation, officials said they will not release information regarding how the fires were started. No one was injured in the fires nor were any homes damaged. However, the fire did butt up ... http://www.thetampanews.net/index.php/sid/214751959/scat/50bf5c36071412a0 Fri, 24 May 2013 22:13:25 -0400 http://www.thetampanews.net/index.php/sid/214751959/scat/50bf5c36071412a0 Email ST. PETERSBURG -- Former Rays infielder Reid Brignac, who was acquired by the Yankees from the Rockies last Saturday for cash considerations, admitted it felt "a little different" walking by the double doors leading to the Rays' clubhouse on Friday. "I never walked past these doors from the other side before," he said, smiling. "It's been kind of a ... http://www.thetampanews.net/index.php/sid/214751237/scat/50bf5c36071412a0 Fri, 24 May 2013 20:57:41 -0400 http://www.thetampanews.net/index.php/sid/214751237/scat/50bf5c36071412a0 Email ST. PETERSBURG -- Matt Moore prefers not to talk about it, but if he beats the Yankees on Saturday, he will become the fifth-youngest pitcher -- and the second-youngest left-hander since Babe Ruth in 1916 -- to begin a season 9-0 exclusively as a starter. The only pitchers to reach 9-0 at a younger age were lefty Ken Holtzman, who was 21 with the Cubs in 1967, and right-handers Livan ... http://www.thetampanews.net/index.php/sid/214751236/scat/50bf5c36071412a0 Fri, 24 May 2013 20:57:41 -0400 http://www.thetampanews.net/index.php/sid/214751236/scat/50bf5c36071412a0 Email ST. PETERSBURG -- Anyone searching for a reason why the Rays trailed the Yankees by four games in the American League East when play commenced Friday evening, needed to look no further than Tampa Bay's bullpen. The Rays have blown three ninth-inning leads in the last 16 games (compared to two all last season), and have let 28 leads slip away this year. Fifteen of their 22 losses have ... http://www.thetampanews.net/index.php/sid/214751235/scat/50bf5c36071412a0 Fri, 24 May 2013 20:57:41 -0400 http://www.thetampanews.net/index.php/sid/214751235/scat/50bf5c36071412a0 TAMPA, Fla. - As he walks across the campus at Blake High School in Tampa, Ahmed Mohamed looks like your average student that's eager for the school year to end. But Ahmed walks a path that few others have ... http://www.thetampanews.net/index.php/sid/214750363/scat/50bf5c36071412a0 Fri, 24 May 2013 19:57:18 -0400 http://www.thetampanews.net/index.php/sid/214750363/scat/50bf5c36071412a0 LARGO, Fla. - The Pinellas County Sheriff's Office plans to monitor a gun show this weekend as they increase enforcement of an ordinance that closes the so-called "gun show ... http://www.thetampanews.net/index.php/sid/214750364/scat/50bf5c36071412a0 Fri, 24 May 2013 19:57:17 -0400 http://www.thetampanews.net/index.php/sid/214750364/scat/50bf5c36071412a0 The new, state of the art, Lakeland Skatepark opened this week to crowds of anxious skaters. Just a few days in, and some people are driving more than 100 miles to check it ... http://www.thetampanews.net/index.php/sid/214749305/scat/50bf5c36071412a0 Fri, 24 May 2013 18:50:42 -0400 http://www.thetampanews.net/index.php/sid/214749305/scat/50bf5c36071412a0 TAMPA, Fla. - It started with wings, lots of broken off wings. After awhile, Michael Haddock broke down and called an exterminator. That's when he learned, inside the floor of his newly-rented south Tampa home, there are termites. "It was a nice little Saturday morning surprise that we had," Haddock said. Haddock will soon have to get his home tented, which is a sight pest control ... http://www.thetampanews.net/index.php/sid/214749276/scat/50bf5c36071412a0 Fri, 24 May 2013 18:50:41 -0400 http://www.thetampanews.net/index.php/sid/214749276/scat/50bf5c36071412a0 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: Atlanta Braves: 1. ... http://www.thetampanews.net/index.php/sid/214748298/scat/50bf5c36071412a0 Fri, 24 May 2013 17:33:59 -0400 http://www.thetampanews.net/index.php/sid/214748298/scat/50bf5c36071412a0 May 24 (Bloomberg) -- Bloombergs Alix Steel, Adam Johnson and Julie Hyman report on todays ten most important stocks including The Gap, Sears and Procter & Gamble. (Source: Bloomberg) Stock prices for most of the largest publicly traded companies in the Tampa area gained ground in advance of the Memorial Day weekend. Bloomin Brands (NASDAQ: BLMN) posted the biggest jump, one day after pricing a ... http://www.thetampanews.net/index.php/sid/214747755/scat/50bf5c36071412a0 Fri, 24 May 2013 17:15:16 -0400 http://www.thetampanews.net/index.php/sid/214747755/scat/50bf5c36071412a0 A Tampa man has been arrested a year after his former girlfriend's 2-year-old died from severe brain trauma. According to Tampa police, Javaurian Saffold was home alone with the child on May 25, 2012 before the child's mother, Candace Mitchell, arrived home to find her son breathing shallowly. Tampa police arrested Mitchell on May 28, 2012 for aggravated child abuse for failing to seek ... http://www.thetampanews.net/index.php/sid/214745912/scat/50bf5c36071412a0 Fri, 24 May 2013 15:20:38 -0400 http://www.thetampanews.net/index.php/sid/214745912/scat/50bf5c36071412a0 What constitutes entrepreneurial mindset? Researchers at Eckerd College may have solved the puzzle. Tired of the many anecdotes and existing studies on innovation and entrepreneurial mindset, Director of Coaching at the Leadership Development Institute, Jennifer Hall, and colleagues Mark Davis and Pam Meyer created The Entrepreneurship Dimensions Profile to gain a definitive understanding of the ... http://www.thetampanews.net/index.php/sid/214745919/scat/50bf5c36071412a0 Fri, 24 May 2013 14:47:21 -0400 http://www.thetampanews.net/index.php/sid/214745919/scat/50bf5c36071412a0 The University of South Florida College Of Nursing has received $2.1 million from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute for a clinical trial involving cancer symptom management. The project involves testing a brief intervention known as COPE, which aims to teach cancer patients management skills for improving symptoms they identify as the highest priority, according to a written ... http://www.thetampanews.net/index.php/sid/214745280/scat/50bf5c36071412a0 Fri, 24 May 2013 14:25:45 -0400 http://www.thetampanews.net/index.php/sid/214745280/scat/50bf5c36071412a0 Tyler Smith, business development vice president at Certified Boom Repair Services, talks about what his firm does and how busy it is. Florida politicians and economic development officials love to describe construction cranes as the state bird. Its nearly impossible to build structures of any size without one, so business activity in this heavy equipment sector tends to reflect the pace of ... http://www.thetampanews.net/index.php/sid/214743769/scat/50bf5c36071412a0 Fri, 24 May 2013 13:43:07 -0400 http://www.thetampanews.net/index.php/sid/214743769/scat/50bf5c36071412a0 The FDIC contended Robert Messick had a conflict of interest because he also represented the developer and another lender, according to court records. A Tampa federal jury decided prominent Sarasota law firm Icard Merrill and Robert Messick, shareholder and senior partner, committed professional malpractice and breach of fiduciary duty in a real estate deal involving failed First Priority ... http://www.thetampanews.net/index.php/sid/214743836/scat/50bf5c36071412a0 Fri, 24 May 2013 13:00:20 -0400 http://www.thetampanews.net/index.php/sid/214743836/scat/50bf5c36071412a0 As you enter the establishment you are greeted in the tasting room with a free glass of the wine of the month. The tasting room is set up like a Napa , CA style tasting room. They have tastings you can participate in for a small fee. They have a gift shop with very unique wine type gifts for sell. They even have a wine club! On the other side of the tasting room there is a bar area with a real ... http://www.thetampanews.net/index.php/sid/214743213/scat/50bf5c36071412a0 Fri, 24 May 2013 12:59:51 -0400 http://www.thetampanews.net/index.php/sid/214743213/scat/50bf5c36071412a0 Pharmacist Samuel Wahba faces a maximum sentence of five years in prison. Pharmacist Samuel Wahba has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit health care fraud, lying to a federal agency, making false claims to a federal health care program and concealing his exclusion from all federal health care programs. In 2001, he was convicted of violating the state racketeering law, Medicaid fraud and ... http://www.thetampanews.net/index.php/sid/214742455/scat/50bf5c36071412a0 Fri, 24 May 2013 11:52:10 -0400 http://www.thetampanews.net/index.php/sid/214742455/scat/50bf5c36071412a0 Florida Bank and the Treasury earlier agreed to wind down the banks nearly three-year-old involvement in the Troubled Asset Relief Program. Florida Bank Group Inc. is a step closer to repaying its TARP investment from the U.S. Treasury. The banking company has received commitments for more than the minimum amount of capital it targeted in a private placement offering sent to investors last month, ... http://www.thetampanews.net/index.php/sid/214742250/scat/50bf5c36071412a0 Fri, 24 May 2013 11:47:22 -0400 http://www.thetampanews.net/index.php/sid/214742250/scat/50bf5c36071412a0 Frank Kugler won four Olympics medals in freestyle wrestling, weightlifting and tug of war at St Louis in 1904, making him the only competitor to win a medal in three different sports at the same Games. He claimed a silver medal in the heavyweight category in wrestling, bronze in the two hand lift and all-around dumbbell events in weightlifting and another bronze in the tug of war competition as ... http://www.thetampanews.net/index.php/sid/214741422/scat/50bf5c36071412a0 Fri, 24 May 2013 11:45:47 -0400 http://www.thetampanews.net/index.php/sid/214741422/scat/50bf5c36071412a0 More than 80 local Girl Scouts visited One Buccaneer Place last week to get an up-close look at the careers available in sports, with Buccaneer women professionals gladly sharing their own experiences and ... http://www.thetampanews.net/index.php/sid/214741416/scat/50bf5c36071412a0 Fri, 24 May 2013 11:40:47 -0400 http://www.thetampanews.net/index.php/sid/214741416/scat/50bf5c36071412a0 Arsenal expires at the end of the month."He hasn't played much for lately. Why? You would have to ask him that question," their coach Luciano Spalletti said in reference to the former Russia captain, who joined Arsenal from Zenit for 15m in early 2009.Arshavin, who turns 32 next week, rejoined Zenit on a three-month loan from Arsenal in February last year after but failed to ... http://www.thetampanews.net/index.php/sid/214739664/scat/50bf5c36071412a0 Fri, 24 May 2013 10:51:28 -0400 http://www.thetampanews.net/index.php/sid/214739664/scat/50bf5c36071412a0 Continuing a Buccaneer tradition, the team's rookies visited St. Joseph's Hospital in Tampa on Wednesday to raise the spirits of pediatric patients and kick off a series of charitable ... http://www.thetampanews.net/index.php/sid/214739663/scat/50bf5c36071412a0 Fri, 24 May 2013 10:47:26 -0400 http://www.thetampanews.net/index.php/sid/214739663/scat/50bf5c36071412a0 Tampa Yankees (19-26) 12-4 for the second straight night at McKechnie Field. Adrian Sampson (2-1) pitched five innings and did not allow an earned run despite nine Yankees hits in the ballgame. Tampa left eleven men on base Thursday ... http://www.thetampanews.net/index.php/sid/214737975/scat/50bf5c36071412a0 Fri, 24 May 2013 09:01:13 -0400 http://www.thetampanews.net/index.php/sid/214737975/scat/50bf5c36071412a0 Ratings for local newscasts may not mean much to the average television viewer, but they are vital statistics that determine the bottom line of the stations that are fighting for those eyeballs out there. The May 2013 Nielsen ratings period has concluded ... http://www.thetampanews.net/index.php/sid/214737974/scat/50bf5c36071412a0 Fri, 24 May 2013 09:01:13 -0400 http://www.thetampanews.net/index.php/sid/214737974/scat/50bf5c36071412a0 SEBASTIAN, Fla. - It's a countdown for 18-year-old Kaitlyn Hunt. She and her family took one last stand at a rally in Sebastian's Riverview Park, ahead of Friday's deadline for her to accept or reject a plea deal from the state ... http://www.thetampanews.net/index.php/sid/214737969/scat/50bf5c36071412a0 Fri, 24 May 2013 08:56:39 -0400 http://www.thetampanews.net/index.php/sid/214737969/scat/50bf5c36071412a0 Employment law is full of minefields. In this weeks Ex-Files profile, Ogletree Deakins managing shareholder Helen Palladeno talks about how being a labor and employment law firm solely allows for a very efficient focus. Clients are demanding more from firms like hers, which means an emphasis on training and advice. Many businesses scaled down that training during the Great Recession, she ... http://www.thetampanews.net/index.php/sid/214737552/scat/50bf5c36071412a0 Fri, 24 May 2013 07:51:13 -0400 http://www.thetampanews.net/index.php/sid/214737552/scat/50bf5c36071412a0 The bill of rights was adopted by 26 North American-member cruise line. The Cruise Lines International Association, the cruise industrys trade group, has adopted a 'Passenger Bill of Rights' in the wake of several high-profile cruise disasters. The list was backed by U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., and it will be part of passengers' "contract of carriage" that gives ... http://www.thetampanews.net/index.php/sid/214737467/scat/50bf5c36071412a0 Fri, 24 May 2013 07:35:55 -0400 http://www.thetampanews.net/index.php/sid/214737467/scat/50bf5c36071412a0 The Workforce Florida board of directors unanimously approved recommendations for a statewide unified brand for Floridas workforce system. The system is developing a single, statewide unified brand to better align the state workforce investment board, 24 regional workforce boards and one-stop career centers, it said in an electronic briefing about the changes. CareerSource Florida is the brand ... http://www.thetampanews.net/index.php/sid/214737120/scat/50bf5c36071412a0 Fri, 24 May 2013 07:26:17 -0400 http://www.thetampanews.net/index.php/sid/214737120/scat/50bf5c36071412a0 A multi-million dollar party mansion built by baseball star Gary Sheffield is going up for auction. The sprawling home built in 1997 sits on three acres on Pinellas Point in St. Petersburg. At a time when Sheffield, a Tampa-native who hit 509 major league home runs, was one of baseballs highest paid players, the home was the site of decadent parties, the Tampa Bay Times said. The ... http://www.thetampanews.net/index.php/sid/214736096/scat/50bf5c36071412a0 Fri, 24 May 2013 06:28:32 -0400 http://www.thetampanews.net/index.php/sid/214736096/scat/50bf5c36071412a0 Paresh Patel Shareholders of a Tampa insurance company agreed to change the firms name to HCI Group Inc. HCI (NYSE: HCI), formerly called Homeowners Choice Inc., is headed by Paresh Patel, chairman and CEO. The name change is more representative of the companys diversified business activities, which include property and casualty insurance, information technology, real estate and reinsurance, a ... http://www.thetampanews.net/index.php/sid/214736433/scat/50bf5c36071412a0 Fri, 24 May 2013 06:17:22 -0400 http://www.thetampanews.net/index.php/sid/214736433/scat/50bf5c36071412a0 Barry Brown Bank of the Ozarks is expanding its operations in Manatee County with a regional headquarters and an additional branch. A new branch is being built at 3703 S.R. 70 East and the headquarters is scheduled to be built on a plot of land on Manatee Avenue and 19th Street West, the Bradenton Herald said. The headquarters is scheduled to be complete in early 2014. Bank of the Ozarks (NASDAQ: ... http://www.thetampanews.net/index.php/sid/214735294/scat/50bf5c36071412a0 Fri, 24 May 2013 06:09:35 -0400 http://www.thetampanews.net/index.php/sid/214735294/scat/50bf5c36071412a0 1. At Big Pier 60 in Clearwater, the first nice snook of the season was released Saturday, a 37-incher that weighed about 20 pounds, reports Larry Holder. Spanish mackerel 15-20 inches the primary catch, and excellent numbers of them. Occasional flounder and pompano. Manatees were spotted around the pier on ... http://www.thetampanews.net/index.php/sid/214734560/scat/50bf5c36071412a0 Fri, 24 May 2013 05:17:15 -0400 http://www.thetampanews.net/index.php/sid/214734560/scat/50bf5c36071412a0 © 2013 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Any reproduction, republication, redistribution and/or modification of any UPI content is expressly prohibited without UPI's prior written ... http://www.thetampanews.net/index.php/sid/214731114/scat/50bf5c36071412a0 Fri, 24 May 2013 00:19:26 -0400 http://www.thetampanews.net/index.php/sid/214731114/scat/50bf5c36071412a0 Tampa Bay , a drying trend is expected to move into west-central Florida for the upcoming Memorial Day weekend. An easterly flow will establish itself across the area on Friday, and this weather pattern is expected to last into the Memorial Day ... http://www.thetampanews.net/index.php/sid/214730509/scat/50bf5c36071412a0 Thu, 23 May 2013 23:53:28 -0400 http://www.thetampanews.net/index.php/sid/214730509/scat/50bf5c36071412a0 It's easy for Sarah and Raphael Perrier to joke about who's in charge. Just eight years ago, the couple started Kahwa Coffee Roasting. Back then, they were roasting and wholesaling 260 pounds of coffee beans a week. Now, they're roasting more than 4,000 pounds per week and have opened five ... http://www.thetampanews.net/index.php/sid/214730501/scat/50bf5c36071412a0 Thu, 23 May 2013 23:48:34 -0400 http://www.thetampanews.net/index.php/sid/214730501/scat/50bf5c36071412a0 TRINITY, Fla. - "I believe this was malicious,' said Jim Michaels, principal at Mitchell High School in Trinity, about a senior prank taken too ... http://www.thetampanews.net/index.php/sid/214730500/scat/50bf5c36071412a0 Thu, 23 May 2013 23:48:34 -0400 http://www.thetampanews.net/index.php/sid/214730500/scat/50bf5c36071412a0 Every time her cell phone rings, Terry Sapp runs out her back door and circles her yard. Sapp claims her San Antonio home has proven to be a dead zone and AT&T can't explain why. But according to AT&T's own website, San Antonio gets moderate coverage. Which sounds okay, but AT&T defines moderate as "...sufficient signal strength for on street in the open coverage, but ... http://www.thetampanews.net/index.php/sid/214729933/scat/50bf5c36071412a0 Thu, 23 May 2013 22:55:00 -0400 http://www.thetampanews.net/index.php/sid/214729933/scat/50bf5c36071412a0 WESLEY CHAPEL, Fla. - Typically, Parent Teacher Student Associations are known for raising money for the students and the school. But this past week in Pasco County, the school district learned thousands of dollars have instead been going into the pockets of two PTSA officers at two different area schools. "It's just kind of sickening. They're taking money away from their own ... http://www.thetampanews.net/index.php/sid/214729934/scat/50bf5c36071412a0 Thu, 23 May 2013 22:54:59 -0400 http://www.thetampanews.net/index.php/sid/214729934/scat/50bf5c36071412a0