Friday, March 4, 2016

Tampa in running to host Super Bowls 53, 54, 55 and other top stories.

  • Tampa in running to host Super Bowls 53, 54, 55

    Tampa in running to host Super Bowls 53, 54, 55
    Tampa in running to host Super Bowls 53, 54, 55 TAMPA (FOX 13) - Tampa is in the running for Super Bowl 53, 54 and 55.The league’s Super Bowl Advisory Committee announced that Tampa, Atlanta, Los Angeles Miami and New Orleans in the running.Tampa has several selling points including upgrades to Raymond James Stadium, currently in the works after Tampa City Council approved the deal with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers that would bring $100 million in improvements.The renovation will include two ..
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  • Giant waterslide to be set up on downtown Tampa street

    Giant waterslide to be set up on downtown Tampa street
    "Slide The City" in Phoenix, AZ. The giant water slide event is scheduled for Tampa on May 14. (Photo courtesy Slide The City) TAMPA, FL (WFLA) — If you’ve ever had the urge to slip-and-slide down a city street, you’re in luck. “Slide The City,” an event that brings a giant waterslide around to different cities, is coming to Tampa. North Boulevard in downtown Tampa will be transformed into a giant waterslide when Slide the City arrives on Saturday, May 14, 2016. A massive block par..
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  • From marijuana bust to electronic search: Were Tampa police ...

    From marijuana bust to electronic search: Were Tampa police ...
    TAMPA — Two days after Christmas, a Tampa police officer spotted an old Honda with an expired tag and stopped it on the Courtney Campbell Causeway. Behind the wheel, police say, was a 30-year-old dishwasher from Tarpon Springs. An officer smelled marijuana, found a small container of the drug in wax form and a vaporizer used to smoke it. He arrested Justin D. Murdock on a possession charge, a misdemeanor that didn't land him in jail — he was simply given a notice to appear later in court. But t..
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  • Silver Airways favors Tampa as Havana link, but other carriers don't

    Silver Airways favors Tampa as Havana link, but other carriers don't
    TAMPA — Flights from Tampa to Havana are in the plans for three of the 12 U.S. commercial air carriers known to have applied to the Department of Transportation for routes to Cuba — JetBlue Airways, Southwest Airlines and Silver Airways. The airlines’ interest is a good sign for Tampa, aviation analysts said, but they didn’t ask for much — no service from Tampa to other cities in Cuba and a listing as only a secondary U.S. city by two of the three airlines. JetBlue and Southwest each asked for ..
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  • 2016 Coolest Office Spaces: DAS Health, Tampa

    2016 Coolest Office Spaces: DAS Health, Tampa
    Finalist DAS Health in Tampa provides health information technology and management solutions, and 45 of the close to 100 staff members are in Tampa.
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  • Pro wrestlers' Tampa lunches preserve fellowship of the ring

    Pro wrestlers' Tampa lunches preserve fellowship of the ring
    TAMPA — It was open mic time, with a wrestling twist. More than 70 legends of the ring from across generations gathered at O’Brien’s Irish Pub & Grill in Northdale for lunch and conversation, jumping up to grab the microphone whenever inspiration hit them. It wasn’t poetry or song they shared, but tales of their years traveling the world. Perhaps the most memorable story came from the host of last Friday’s luncheon, Brian Blair — a famous professional wrestler before he turned to Hillsborough ..
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  • Tampa Bay one of hottest 'flipper' markets

    Tampa Bay one of hottest 'flipper' markets
    Tampa Bay one of hottest 'flipper' markets Eric Glasser, WTSP 3:23 PM. EST March 04, 2016 Flipped properties account for about 9.2 percent of the homes sold here. Nearly twice the 5.5 percent national average.   (Photo: WTSP) Tampa, FL -- Buy it. Fix it. Sell it.That is the plan for one in every 10 homes being sold right now in the Bay area, which has become one of the hottest markets in the entire country for flippers – people who buy and resell a home within 1..
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  • Iconic Spaghetti Warehouse restaurant closes after 30 years in Ybor ...

    Iconic Spaghetti Warehouse restaurant closes after 30 years in Ybor ...
    An iconic Ybor City restaurant, which has served patrons for more than 30 years out of a former cigar factory in historic Ybor Square, is closing on Wednesday. Spaghetti Warehouse, housed in a large brick building that once was the largest cigar factory in the world but now owned by the Church of Scientology, is closing its doors, its parent company announced today in a news release. “We have made the difficult business decision to suspend operations and announce the closure of the Spaghetti Wa..
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  • Jury selected in Hulk Hogan sex tapes trial

    Jury selected in Hulk Hogan sex tapes trial
    ST. PETERSBURG — After four days of fielding questions about their feelings on the wrestler Hulk Hogan and the bounds of the First Amendment, nine jurors were chosen Friday to decide a case that tests the limits of freedom of the press. The six jurors and three alternates were seated in the trial of a $100-million invasion of privacy lawsuit brought by Hogan, a.k.a. Terry Bollea, against the New York-based news website Gawker. At issue is an excerpt of a videotape Gawker published in 2012 that s..
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  • Tampa-area forecast: Clouds clear, comfortable weekend awaits

    Tampa-area forecast: Clouds clear, comfortable weekend awaits
    A comfortable weekend awaits the Tampa area after clouds associated with a cold front push through the area this morning. Overnight rain passed through a few areas as the boundary moved across. Skies are clearing, however, and drier, cooler air will follow on a northwest wind, the National Weather Service says. The weather service predicts plenty of sun for later in the day, with high temperatures in the mid-70s. Tonight will be mostly clear, with lows in the 50s. Saturday temperatures..
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Tampa City Council approves proposal to lessen marijuana penalties .Man found dead in parked car in Tampa .
Water taxi service opens for business in Tampa .Tampa Bay Lightning at Toronto Maple Leafs game preview .

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