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• Tampa Prep's Fenlon reaches 700 wins | Tampa Bay Times

  

  TAMPA — Cory Kosiba, assistant to Joe Fenlon for two decades now, said Fenlon was the "same old Joe" leading up to the Tampa Prep head basketball coach's much-hyped bid for a 700th career victory.But that was before the turnout Monday.Around 10 minutes to tipoff, it wasn't just the dozens of former players who lined the Tampa Prep gym that floored Fenlon."He got emotional when he saw four players from his very first team," Kosiba said.That would be the 1983 team.And afterward, Fenlon made sure t..

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• Tampa company gives employees $1

  

  Tampa company gives employees $1.5 million bonus(Photo: WTSP)TAMPA, Fla. -- Jeff Wells’ official title is “team leader of skeletons” at Syndaver Labs.  Wells has spent the past 2 years stitching holes in artificial bones, that’ll one day become the muscles of synthetic cadavers.The 11-year-old Tampa company makes these life-like bodies to be used for medical and teaching purposes. They're even being used at hospitals and schools across the country, even Hollywood came calling, like in the season..

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  ASPCA staff & volunteers with some of the puppy mill dogs that they'll help place into homes.Related CoverageTAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Last month, 100 dogs who had been living in crowded and filthy conditions were seized from a Clewiston, Florida puppy mill. On Monday, some of those dogs arrived in Tampa for a new start at life.The disturbing photos released by the ASPCA shortly after the November puppy mill bust showed multiple dogs in cages, some appeared dirty and listless, others appeared sta..

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• Riverwalk Tower, Tampa Bay's new tallest building

  

  Crews are doing the first work at the site of what's set to be the new tallest building in all of Tampa Bay.Building location(Photo: WTSP)Crews are doing the first work at the site of what's set to be the new tallest building in all of Tampa Bay.Riverwalk Tower will be Downtown Tampa'sfirst skyscraper built with office space inside-- not just apartments or condos -- since 1992.I talked one-on-one with the man who's making it happen on the very last piece of empty land along the Hillsborough Rive..

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• Tampa airport cautions drone operators to follow federal rules | TBO

  

  TAMPA — With hundreds of thousands of new drones expected under Christmas trees this week, Tampa International Airport cautions that operators need to follow federal rules to avoid collisions or any other incidents with commercial airplanes. “There is a huge demand for drones and hundreds of thousands are expected to be received as gifts. We are taking a pro-active approach,” said John Tiliacos, Tampa International Airport’s vice president of operations and custo..

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• Tampa Bay Buccaneers out of Playoffs, but Future Still Plenty Bright | Bleacher Report

  

  With Sunday's Week 15 action in the books, theTampa Bay Buccaneershave now been eliminated from playoff contention in 2015.Just two weeks ago, the Bucs were 6-6 and coming off a huge home win over the division-rivalAtlanta Falcons, with a pewter ship-load of hope they could make a playoff run.But after back-to-back losses to teams with losing records, Tampa Bay's postseason dreams have come crashing back to Earth nearly as quickly as they had risen. Those last two defeats exposed fatal flaws, na..

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• Buffalo Bills, Tampa Bay Buccaneers have shot at NFL penalty records - Buffalo Rumblings

  

  Mark L. Baer-USA TODAY SportsThe Buffalo Bills have taken a crazy-high number of penalties for a very large amount of yardage this year, but are they on NFL record pace in either category? Not quite.TheBuffalo BillsandTampa Bay Buccaneersare neck and neck coming down the stretch to be the most penalized team in the 2015 regular season. Both are within reach of setting dubious NFL records for most penalties and most penalty yards by one team in a single season. ViaNFLPenalties.com: The 2..

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• Tampa Fire Rescue delivers holiday cheer to TGH | TBO

  

  Members of Tampa Fire Rescue organize gifts before they set out to deliver presents during a visit for the kids at Tampa General Hospital on Monday. If able, the ...

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• Tampa Man Surprises Girlfriend with 'Under the Sea' Proposal - ABC News

  

  How do you propose to your girlfriend, who loves fish and aquariums? Well, you go underwater. Sort of.Brian Hoffman, a scuba diver, said he decided to propose to his girlfriend of six months, Katie Davis Hoffman, at the Florida Aquarium in downtown Tampa because of her aquatic interests. Although he wanted to go underwater to do the big ask initially, Hoffman told ABC News that he asked the aquarium's divers to do the honors because he "wanted to hold her hand and see her expression."Brian and K..

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• Renaissance Tampa International Plaza Hotel completes $10 million renovation | Tampa Bay Times

  

  The Renaissance Tampa International Plaza Hotel recently revealed a new look after $10 million in renovations that took nearly a year to complete.The 293-room hotel, which is connected to the International Plaza shopping mall in Tampa, updated the hotel lobby, guest rooms, outdoor patios and the private dining room at the hotel's in-house restaurant, Pelagia Trattoria."The new look does more than simply change the color scheme and interior of the hotel. It contributes to creating a more sophisti..

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