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/ en-us Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:39:50 -0500 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:39:50 -0500 30 Coming into the off-season, Rays VP of Operations Andrew Friedman had his "to-do" list of needs to fill. The list, which included adding to the bullpen, power to the line-up, a designated ... http://feeds.thetampanews.net/?rid=203320305&cat=50bf5c36071412a0 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:44:15 -0500 Examiner http://feeds.thetampanews.net/?rid=203320305&cat=50bf5c36071412a0 (Tampa Bay, FL) The Florida Republican Primary may have passed but Tampa Bay will once again be the media focus in August when the Republican Convention comes to town. In order to pull off an event ... http://feeds.thetampanews.net/?rid=203320306&cat=50bf5c36071412a0 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:44:14 -0500 Examiner http://feeds.thetampanews.net/?rid=203320306&cat=50bf5c36071412a0 Tampa Bay pet events on the increase as Valentine's Day approaches. Is there a little dog or kitten out there that you would like to ask, "Will you be mine?" The week ahead includes ... http://feeds.thetampanews.net/?rid=203320307&cat=50bf5c36071412a0 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:44:11 -0500 Examiner http://feeds.thetampanews.net/?rid=203320307&cat=50bf5c36071412a0 Many folks probably remember days in their childhood when they'd pop on a helmet, hang on to Dad's waist and go for a spin around the block on his motorcycle. For one Tampa dad, however, ... http://feeds.thetampanews.net/?rid=203320308&cat=50bf5c36071412a0 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:44:06 -0500 Examiner http://feeds.thetampanews.net/?rid=203320308&cat=50bf5c36071412a0 RUSKIN, Fla. - Scanning the skies is what we do to give you a first look at your weather. And while we have our own Titan Doppler Radar here at ABC Action News, we also rely on the radar at the ... http://feeds.thetampanews.net/?rid=203320258&cat=50bf5c36071412a0 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:27:25 -0500 ABC Action News http://feeds.thetampanews.net/?rid=203320258&cat=50bf5c36071412a0 TARPON SPRINGS, Fla. - It looks finely timed and orchestrated; cars pull in, and cars pull out. But when it gets crowded and traffic picks up on East Lake Rd., things can turn chaotic as people try ... http://feeds.thetampanews.net/?rid=203320257&cat=50bf5c36071412a0 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:27:22 -0500 ABC Action News http://feeds.thetampanews.net/?rid=203320257&cat=50bf5c36071412a0 NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. - A class action lawsuit claims state-run Citizens Insurance gave itself a back door rate hike that cost homeowners hundreds of thousands in extra ... http://feeds.thetampanews.net/?rid=203320256&cat=50bf5c36071412a0 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:27:19 -0500 ABC Action News http://feeds.thetampanews.net/?rid=203320256&cat=50bf5c36071412a0 ST. PETE BEACH, Fla. - Imagine the thrill of being able to surf with dolphins! According to some, it happens all the time, just offshore of Pinellas Beaches. Check out this video of 15 year old ... http://feeds.thetampanews.net/?rid=203320255&cat=50bf5c36071412a0 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:27:16 -0500 ABC Action News http://feeds.thetampanews.net/?rid=203320255&cat=50bf5c36071412a0 HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. - Michael Lohan is back in the spotlight, this time not for another arrest, but for unpaid medical bills he racked up during his last stay in jail. The Hillsborough County ... http://feeds.thetampanews.net/?rid=203320259&cat=50bf5c36071412a0 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:27:13 -0500 ABC Action News http://feeds.thetampanews.net/?rid=203320259&cat=50bf5c36071412a0 TAMPA - When 50,000 people visit Tampa this summer for the Republican National Convention, many will travel through Tampa International Airport. "This will be their first impression of Tampa ... http://feeds.thetampanews.net/?rid=203320261&cat=50bf5c36071412a0 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:27:07 -0500 ABC Action News http://feeds.thetampanews.net/?rid=203320261&cat=50bf5c36071412a0 The Sheriff's Office says Paul had an escape plan. Inside a closet they found a small elevator which would have brought him into an underground room. From there he would have access to a secret ... http://feeds.thetampanews.net/?rid=203320262&cat=50bf5c36071412a0 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:27:03 -0500 ABC Action News http://feeds.thetampanews.net/?rid=203320262&cat=50bf5c36071412a0 The boy was reportedly sitting in front of the Jeep when it moved, and was trapped under the vehicle. Ray Yeakley with Hillsborough County Fire Rescue said the student was freed from underneath the ... http://feeds.thetampanews.net/?rid=203320263&cat=50bf5c36071412a0 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:26:59 -0500 ABC Action News http://feeds.thetampanews.net/?rid=203320263&cat=50bf5c36071412a0 A 14-year-old boy who lay in front of an SUV at Bloomingdale High School as a joke was run over and trapped underneath the tires, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said Tuesday.Dylan ... http://feeds.thetampanews.net/?rid=203320304&cat=50bf5c36071412a0 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:44:03 -0500 TBO.com http://feeds.thetampanews.net/?rid=203320304&cat=50bf5c36071412a0 Follow this company reported net earnings of $1.4 million for the quarter ended Dec. 31, compared to earnings of $11.7 million in the same quarter a year ago. The company's net ... http://feeds.thetampanews.net/?rid=203315106&cat=50bf5c36071412a0 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:33:37 -0500 The Business Journal http://feeds.thetampanews.net/?rid=203315106&cat=50bf5c36071412a0 NFL analysts are busy tweaking their early predictions for the 2012 NFL Draft, and the initial consensus has Tampa Bay focusing on LSU CB Morris ... http://feeds.thetampanews.net/?rid=203312407&cat=50bf5c36071412a0 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:33:40 -0500 Tampa Bay Buccaneers http://feeds.thetampanews.net/?rid=203312407&cat=50bf5c36071412a0 BRADENTON, Fla. - Manatee County deputies responded to a report of two bodies found at a home in the 600 block of 61st Avenue Terrace East in ... http://feeds.thetampanews.net/?rid=203306100&cat=50bf5c36071412a0 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:28:10 -0500 ABC Action News http://feeds.thetampanews.net/?rid=203306100&cat=50bf5c36071412a0 This week we hear from our very own Wayne Shattuck. Wayne has been with ABC Action News since its inception. I have known him for more than a decade and can not express how much I have learned from ... http://feeds.thetampanews.net/?rid=203312395&cat=50bf5c36071412a0 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:28:06 -0500 ABC Action News http://feeds.thetampanews.net/?rid=203312395&cat=50bf5c36071412a0 WINTER HAVEN, Fla. - Authorities arrested an Animal Control officer on Monday for allegedly stealing money from a donation box for homeless pets and taking other items donated to Polk County Animal ... http://feeds.thetampanews.net/?rid=203312394&cat=50bf5c36071412a0 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:28:02 -0500 ABC Action News http://feeds.thetampanews.net/?rid=203312394&cat=50bf5c36071412a0 TAMPA - A man who was critically injured during a fight shortly after Saturday night's Monster Jam event at Raymond James Stadium died late Monday night. David Stanaland, 34, was heading away ... http://feeds.thetampanews.net/?rid=203312393&cat=50bf5c36071412a0 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:27:58 -0500 ABC Action News http://feeds.thetampanews.net/?rid=203312393&cat=50bf5c36071412a0 POLK COUNTY, Fla. - Two women were found murdered in Polk County Tuesday morning. The killings are completely unrelated, according to a sheriff's ... http://feeds.thetampanews.net/?rid=203312396&cat=50bf5c36071412a0 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:27:54 -0500 ABC Action News http://feeds.thetampanews.net/?rid=203312396&cat=50bf5c36071412a0 Top 20 Prospects to those who are under the radar. Pitching prospects like the Rays' Matt Moore do not come around very often, and the young left-hander deserves credit for harnessing his ... http://feeds.thetampanews.net/?rid=203312418&cat=50bf5c36071412a0 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:01:45 -0500 Tampa Bay Devil Rays http://feeds.thetampanews.net/?rid=203312418&cat=50bf5c36071412a0 '); } Ben Zobrist is one of the last names you'll find in the Baseball Encyclopedia, but he's near, or at the top, in several highly subjective categories: best all-around defender ... http://feeds.thetampanews.net/?rid=203312419&cat=50bf5c36071412a0 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:01:40 -0500 Tampa Bay Devil Rays http://feeds.thetampanews.net/?rid=203312419&cat=50bf5c36071412a0 JIM FARQUHAR/STAFF Seventeen of the houses assessed at $1 million or more are in Tampa Palms' premier enclave, The Reserve, ON Maclaurin ... http://feeds.thetampanews.net/?rid=203312420&cat=50bf5c36071412a0 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:45:36 -0500 TBO.com http://feeds.thetampanews.net/?rid=203312420&cat=50bf5c36071412a0 DAVE NICHOLSON Chelsea Bowden grew up dreaming of being the Florida Strawberry Festival queen, just like her grandmothers: Ruby Jean Redman, right, and Barbara ... http://feeds.thetampanews.net/?rid=203312416&cat=50bf5c36071412a0 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:45:30 -0500 TBO.com http://feeds.thetampanews.net/?rid=203312416&cat=50bf5c36071412a0 JIM REED/STAFF Matt Joyce works with Little League players during the Matt Joyce Sweet Swingin' Baseball Camp at the North Brandon Little League ... http://feeds.thetampanews.net/?rid=203312417&cat=50bf5c36071412a0 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:45:24 -0500 TBO.com http://feeds.thetampanews.net/?rid=203312417&cat=50bf5c36071412a0 CARROLLWOOD -- Mozart, Schubert, murder mysteries and a C.S. Lewis impersonator.Those are among the offerings this month at the Carrollwood Cultural Center, which is expanding programs to attract ... http://feeds.thetampanews.net/?rid=203312415&cat=50bf5c36071412a0 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:45:23 -0500 TBO.com http://feeds.thetampanews.net/?rid=203312415&cat=50bf5c36071412a0 in a statement announcing the deal. Dayforce, headquartered in Toronto, provides businesses with ways to track their workers' time and attendance, to schedule workers and to manage their ... http://feeds.thetampanews.net/?rid=203312391&cat=50bf5c36071412a0 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:34:15 -0500 The Business Journal http://feeds.thetampanews.net/?rid=203312391&cat=50bf5c36071412a0 Follow this company to the hospital's new behavioral health center. The $13 million, 145,000-square-foot behavioral health facility is about one-half mile north of the ... http://feeds.thetampanews.net/?rid=203308370&cat=50bf5c36071412a0 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:34:09 -0500 The Business Journal http://feeds.thetampanews.net/?rid=203308370&cat=50bf5c36071412a0 Follow this company plans to build an aircraft hangar at Daytona Beach International Airport that will be the largest ever built at the county-run ... http://feeds.thetampanews.net/?rid=203307289&cat=50bf5c36071412a0 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:34:04 -0500 The Business Journal http://feeds.thetampanews.net/?rid=203307289&cat=50bf5c36071412a0 Joseph Quaglia , a top marketing executive at the firm, as president of TDMobility. TDMobility provides a platform of wireless services to Tech Data's 60,000 reseller customers. It's ... http://feeds.thetampanews.net/?rid=203312392&cat=50bf5c36071412a0 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:33:58 -0500 The Business Journal http://feeds.thetampanews.net/?rid=203312392&cat=50bf5c36071412a0 The Hernando County Sheriff's Office (HSCO) on Tuesday will announce the results of a multi-agency international investigation that led to the seizure of more than $1,000,000 in assets. On ... http://feeds.thetampanews.net/?rid=203304097&cat=50bf5c36071412a0 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:23:13 -0500 ABC Action News http://feeds.thetampanews.net/?rid=203304097&cat=50bf5c36071412a0 New York beat the New England Patriots 21-17 on Sunday night to give Coughlin his second Super Bowl win, and the 65-year-old coach says he is looking forward to Tuesday's parade up the Canyon ... http://feeds.thetampanews.net/?rid=203304099&cat=50bf5c36071412a0 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:23:06 -0500 ABC Action News http://feeds.thetampanews.net/?rid=203304099&cat=50bf5c36071412a0 The 65-year-old was sent to death row for the rape and murder of a 29-year-old woman in St. Petersburg in January 1980. A lower court recently decided not to reverse his ... http://feeds.thetampanews.net/?rid=203304100&cat=50bf5c36071412a0 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:23:04 -0500 ABC Action News http://feeds.thetampanews.net/?rid=203304100&cat=50bf5c36071412a0 TAMPA, Florida — Deputies in Tampa say a man was critically burned when he tried to set his estranged wife on fire. The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said it happened Monday ... http://feeds.thetampanews.net/?rid=203304135&cat=50bf5c36071412a0 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:01:08 -0500 Orlando Sentinel http://feeds.thetampanews.net/?rid=203304135&cat=50bf5c36071412a0 . Wedding helped to convince the state of Florida to build Interstate 375 and 175 arteries that extend to downtown St. Petersburg. He also is credited with helping to develop a regional water ... http://feeds.thetampanews.net/?rid=203304108&cat=50bf5c36071412a0 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:42:13 -0500 Business Journal http://feeds.thetampanews.net/?rid=203304108&cat=50bf5c36071412a0 Visit St. Petersburg Clearwater has signed on to sponsor Destinations Showcase Washington, a daylong conference and expo for conference, convention and trade show professionals scheduled in ... http://feeds.thetampanews.net/?rid=203304089&cat=50bf5c36071412a0 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:41:28 -0500 The Business Journal http://feeds.thetampanews.net/?rid=203304089&cat=50bf5c36071412a0 Follow this company got more bad news Monday when a federal judge approved class-action status for a lawsuit accusing the bank and some of its senior executives and directors of ... http://feeds.thetampanews.net/?rid=203304090&cat=50bf5c36071412a0 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:41:22 -0500 The Business Journal http://feeds.thetampanews.net/?rid=203304090&cat=50bf5c36071412a0 Foreign trade has not been a large enough portion of the local economy and officials are vowing to come up with a plan to boost local exports. Tampa ... http://feeds.thetampanews.net/?rid=203304093&cat=50bf5c36071412a0 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:41:09 -0500 The Business Journal http://feeds.thetampanews.net/?rid=203304093&cat=50bf5c36071412a0 investigation has found as many as 50 members of the U.S. Congress who have helped to direct millions of dollars in earmarks to projects near their own property. Congress wrote ethics rules that ... http://feeds.thetampanews.net/?rid=203300757&cat=50bf5c36071412a0 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:40:56 -0500 The Business Journal http://feeds.thetampanews.net/?rid=203300757&cat=50bf5c36071412a0 Follow this company board. Burgin, of Plant City, has been the vice president of information technology and social media for the Holtec USA Corp. since 2008. Melendez, of Tampa, has been ... http://feeds.thetampanews.net/?rid=203304094&cat=50bf5c36071412a0 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:40:50 -0500 The Business Journal http://feeds.thetampanews.net/?rid=203304094&cat=50bf5c36071412a0 annual meeting at the Lakeland Center Exhibit Hall Tuesday night, where a traditional "passing of the gavel" is scheduled. His post officially began Jan. 1. Wilkerson is a partner with ... http://feeds.thetampanews.net/?rid=203304095&cat=50bf5c36071412a0 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:40:44 -0500 The Business Journal http://feeds.thetampanews.net/?rid=203304095&cat=50bf5c36071412a0 Florida is among a handful of key states that remains undecided whether it will support to a draft deal settling claims of improper mortgage servicing. More than 40 states opted in as the deadline ... http://feeds.thetampanews.net/?rid=203304096&cat=50bf5c36071412a0 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:40:39 -0500 The Business Journal http://feeds.thetampanews.net/?rid=203304096&cat=50bf5c36071412a0 Follow this company signed up to be a 50,000-square-foot anchor tenant. A group based in New York bought the 124,000-square-foot Water Tower Shoppes from General Electric Credit Equities ... http://feeds.thetampanews.net/?rid=203300785&cat=50bf5c36071412a0 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:40:33 -0500 The Business Journal http://feeds.thetampanews.net/?rid=203300785&cat=50bf5c36071412a0 Dead people's IDs used in int'l crime A house with built-in getaway routes and offshore accounts are just a part of the assets valued at $1 million that authorities seized in what ... http://feeds.thetampanews.net/?rid=203298340&cat=50bf5c36071412a0 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:23:54 -0500 ABC Action News http://feeds.thetampanews.net/?rid=203298340&cat=50bf5c36071412a0 TAMPA - They call themselves the largest group of facial plastic surgeons in the country. They also advertise on ABC Action News. But Lifestyle Lift is currently under investigation by ... http://feeds.thetampanews.net/?rid=203298341&cat=50bf5c36071412a0 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:23:50 -0500 ABC Action News http://feeds.thetampanews.net/?rid=203298341&cat=50bf5c36071412a0 The Florida Highway Patrol is investigating YouTube video of an early morning crash Sunday near the Gandy Bridge. The video shows two cars parked in the middle of Gandy, with someone standing in ... http://feeds.thetampanews.net/?rid=203298342&cat=50bf5c36071412a0 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:23:47 -0500 ABC Action News http://feeds.thetampanews.net/?rid=203298342&cat=50bf5c36071412a0 Some of the most attractive free agents on the 2012 market could come from Tampa Bay's division, if the Falcons, Panthers and Saints don't lock up their key players ... http://feeds.thetampanews.net/?rid=203289545&cat=50bf5c36071412a0 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:13:26 -0500 Tampa Bay Buccaneers http://feeds.thetampanews.net/?rid=203289545&cat=50bf5c36071412a0 PINELLAS PARK, Fla. - The old Sunshine Speedway in Pinellas Park hasn't hosted racing in nearly eight years. Recently, it's been used as a testing grounds for toll plaza ... http://feeds.thetampanews.net/?rid=203289527&cat=50bf5c36071412a0 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:09:06 -0500 ABC Action News http://feeds.thetampanews.net/?rid=203289527&cat=50bf5c36071412a0 LAKELAND, Fla. - City leaders in Lakeland agreed to follow up on a request to offer benefits to partners of gay and lesbian employees. The heterosexual man who made the request during Monday's ... http://feeds.thetampanews.net/?rid=203289528&cat=50bf5c36071412a0 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:09:03 -0500 ABC Action News http://feeds.thetampanews.net/?rid=203289528&cat=50bf5c36071412a0 PASCO COUNTY, Fla. - A golf ball diver who drowned in a small pond in January may have been trapped in his equipment, according to a report released Monday by the Pasco County Sheriff's Office ... http://feeds.thetampanews.net/?rid=203286317&cat=50bf5c36071412a0 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:08:56 -0500 ABC Action News http://feeds.thetampanews.net/?rid=203286317&cat=50bf5c36071412a0 DOVER, Fla. - A tree branch fell and landed on the front of a school bus on Jerry Smith Rd. in Dover, according to Linda Cobbe with Hillsborough County ... http://feeds.thetampanews.net/?rid=203289530&cat=50bf5c36071412a0 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:08:53 -0500 ABC Action News http://feeds.thetampanews.net/?rid=203289530&cat=50bf5c36071412a0 Follow this company reported net income for 2011 of $177.3 million, or $1.93 a share, compared to net income of $181.6 million, or $1.87 a share, in 2010. Although profit dropped, ... http://feeds.thetampanews.net/?rid=203289526&cat=50bf5c36071412a0 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:25:43 -0500 The Business Journal http://feeds.thetampanews.net/?rid=203289526&cat=50bf5c36071412a0 Protocol Global Solutions said it will hire 400 people for its customer management contact center in Sarasota. The expansion aims to support a service opportunity with an unidentified ... http://feeds.thetampanews.net/?rid=203286460&cat=50bf5c36071412a0 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:25:38 -0500 The Business Journal http://feeds.thetampanews.net/?rid=203286460&cat=50bf5c36071412a0 It appears that while many of us have joined the second decade of the 21st century, the city of Tampa remains stuck back in a time when there were few sidewalks or street lights - an era in which ... http://feeds.thetampanews.net/?rid=203284437&cat=50bf5c36071412a0 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:28:15 -0500 Examiner http://feeds.thetampanews.net/?rid=203284437&cat=50bf5c36071412a0 TAMPA - In a Largo warehouse, where they still hand-craft commercial signs sold to Tampa Bay area establishments, 29-year old Jennifer Griffin is proud to show us around her family's small ... http://feeds.thetampanews.net/?rid=203284418&cat=50bf5c36071412a0 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:13:36 -0500 ABC Action News http://feeds.thetampanews.net/?rid=203284418&cat=50bf5c36071412a0