At Tampa Bay farm-to-table restaurants, you're being fed fiction and other top stories.

• At Tampa Bay farm-to-table restaurants, you're being fed fiction

  Farmto Fable STEVE MADDEN | Times At Tampa Bay farm-to-table restaurants,you’re being fed fiction First in a series | April 13, 2016 By LAURA REILEY Times Food Critic The restaurant’s chalkboard makes claims as you enter from the valet parking lot. At the hostess stand, a cheery board reads, “Welcome to local, farm-fresh Boca.” Brown butcher paper tops tables and lettuces grow along a wooden wall. In a small market case, I see canned goods from here and produce from somewhere. Check the sm..

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• Police searching for possible South Tampa serial burglary suspect

  

  TAMPA — A suspected serial burglar with an affinity for jewelry has hit eight homes in South Tampa since March 26, authorities said. Each of the crimes have been similar in nature, and police are searching for a well-dressed Hispanic man who speaks fluent Spanish, the Tampa Police Department said. “He’s breaking into the homes,” police spokeswoman Andrea Davis said. “In most cases, there was a locked rear door and he smashed a rock or brick through a window.” The man, who may be driving a four-..

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• Lyoto Machida removed from UFC Tampa after positive steroid test

  

  Former UFC light heavyweight champion Lyoto Machida has been pulled from his upcoming bout against Dan Henderson at UFC Fight Night Tampa after a positive steroid test, the organization announced.Machida provided a sample to the USADA last week which came back containing a banned substance. Machida said he knowingly took the substance while out of competition but didn't know the substance was banned while both in and out of competition.Machida, 37, was hoping to make a run at the middleweight t..

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• Buckhorn hoisting Lightning banner in downtown Tampa today

  

  TBO.com staff Published: April 13, 2016 Updated: April 13, 2016 at 03:06 PM A prominent building in downtown Tampa turned a bit of Tampa Bay Lightning blue today, hours before the team opened defense of its NHL Eastern Conference championship. This morning, Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn and former Lightning captain Dave Andreychuk hoisted a Lightning banner along the side of the Tampa Municipal Office Building, 306 E Jackson St. Fans were encouraged to attend and wear Lightning gear in suppor..

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• UFC Tampa Heavy Hands: Luke Thomas loves Khabib ...

  

  Luke Thomas joins Connor Ruebusch and Patrick Wyman to break down the game of top UFC lightweight contender Khabib Nurmagomedov, who fights at UFC Tampa. It's been two years since Khabib Nurmagomedov last competed in the Octagon, but "The Eagle" makes his long-awaited return at UFC Tampa, and the hosts of Heavy Hands couldn't be happier. Joining us in our elation is MMA Fighting's Luke Thomas, the man behind such beloved series as Promotional Malpractice and Technique Talk. With Luke, the discu..

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