Monday, March 14, 2016

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  • Live now: Protesters march, supporters gather as Trump visits for a ...

    TAMPA — Anti-Trump demonstrators marched Monday morning ahead of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's town hall meeting at 2 p.m. at the Tampa Convention Center. Gathering at MacDill Park on the Riverwalk, not far from where Trump Tower Tampa was supposed to rise along the river but failed during the housing bus, was a small contingent of activists. Get the full stream: We're live-blogging today's campaign events "We want to say that Tampa is a city of love and progress and Florida d..
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  • Tampa's Cigar City Brewing sold to Oskar Blues Brewery in Colorado

    Tampa's Cigar City Brewing sold to Oskar Blues Brewery in Colorado
    TAMPA — Cigar City Brewing, the independent brewery that helped put Tampa Bay on the map for craft beer, announced Monday that it has agreed to sell a controlling interest of the company to another craft brewery in Colorado. Cigar City founder and CEO Joey Redner will remain an owner at the brewery and production will continue for now in Tampa Bay. But more importantly, the acquisition will allow Cigar City Brewing to grow. The financial partner in the transaction is a Boston-based private e..
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  • Donald Trump's Tampa Office Is an Unlikely Melting Pot

    Donald Trump's Tampa Office Is an Unlikely Melting Pot
    Photo Mireya Linsky, a Cuban-born supporter of Donald J. Trump. She said that illegal immigration was one of her chief concerns. Credit Hilary Swift for The New York Times TAMPA — Mireya Linsky, born to a Jewish family in Cuba, came to the United States as a refugee at age 5. Her family lived in public housing here for several years and sometimes relied on assistance from Catholic Charities. She has spent the past 33 years working for the Hillsborough County School D..
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  • Residents finally get their road back in Tampa's V.M. Ybor ...

    Residents finally get their road back in Tampa's V.M. Ybor ...
    TAMPA — Small green plants and mushrooms were sprouting beside Ina Lever’s house — not along the asphalt roadway, but on top of it. Leaves and palm fronds falling from a jungle-like tangle of trees had been decaying for years, turning a block-long stretch of East 13th Street into a thick layer of what Lever called plant bedding. It was a road in name only, more like an empty lot. And people treated it that way, leaving behind alcohol miniatures, food wrappers, cigar wrappers and condoms. They e..
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  • Cancelled? No Such Thing. Sarah Palin Goes Nuts on 'Punk-Ass ...

    Cancelled? No Such Thing. Sarah Palin Goes Nuts on 'Punk-Ass ...
    On a day when many media outlets reported that Sarah Palin was cancelling a campaign event because her husband Todd was badly injured in a snowmobile accident, Fox News suddenly cut to a live event in Tampa, Florida featuring the former Alaska Governor. Gretchen Carlson tried to get clarification that the live feed was in fact happening, since reports indicated that Palin was leaving Florida immediately to return to Alaska to be with her husband and family. And not only did Palin take to the st..
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  • Tampa area unemployment falls to 4.8 percent; Florida leads in job ...

    Tampa area unemployment falls to 4.8 percent; Florida leads in job ...
    TAMPA — The January unemployment rate in the Tampa metro area dropped to 4.8 percent, a full percentage point lower than it was a year ago and below the national rate. Statewide, the unemployment rate dropped from 5.1 to 5 percent over the year, an eight-year low, the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity reported Monday. Florida leads the nation in job growth, just ahead of Texas, according to new federal jobless reports. Every March, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statist..
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  • Tampa Sets Handle Record for One Program

    Tampa Sets Handle Record for One Program
    Full fields, three graded stakes, and quality horses helped Tampa Bay Downs register record total pari-mutuel handle for one program March 12. The total wagered on 12 races during "Festival Day 36 Presented by Lambholm South" was $12,250,446, up 11.8% from the previous high of $10,949,948 five years ago on the same program that features the Lambholm South Tampa Bay Derby (gr. II), Hillsborough Stakes (gr. IIT), and Florida Oaks (gr. IIIT). Destin won the Derby, which offers points on the "Road ..
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  • GOP front-runner stops in Tampa

    GOP front-runner stops in Tampa
    TAMPA, Fla. - Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump made a campaign stop Monday in Tampa.After a weekend of interruptions on the campaign trail the billionaire businessman continues to campaign before Tuesday's primaries in Florida, Ohio, Illinois, North Carolina and Missouri.A canceled appearance Friday in Chicago started the weekend and a man rushed the stage during Trump's stop in Ohio.According to a CNN/ORC poll Trump has a lead in Florida with 40 percent, Marco Rubio came in at  2..
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  • 'Voice' sensation only 16-years-old, from Tampa Bay

    'Voice' sensation only 16-years-old, from Tampa Bay
    HUDSON, FL (WFLA) — She’s got heart, soul and personality. When you meet Shalyah Fearing, you quickly realize just how special she is. In fact, in a matter of minutes show when you over with her broad, beautiful smile. Then there’s her voice — soulful and intense — full of emotion far beyond her years. Iconic singer and Voice judge, Christina Aguilera, noticed Shalyah’s talents right away during blind auditions on the NBC hit show and told Shalyah, “You’re mine, all mine!” And with that declar..
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  • WATCH LIVE: Trump stumps in Tampa

    WATCH LIVE: Trump stumps in Tampa
    TAMPA, Fla. - Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump made a campaign stop Monday in Tampa.After a weekend of interruptions on the campaign trail the billionaire businessman continues to campaign before Tuesday's primaries in Florida, Ohio, Illinois, North Carolina and Missouri.A canceled appearance Friday in Chicago started the weekend and a man rushed the stage during Trump's stop in Ohio.According to a CNN/ORC poll Trump has a lead in Florida with 40 percent, Marco Rubio came in at  2..
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