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• College Football Championship coming to Tampa

  TAMPA, Fla. - "I think it's exciting,” said Mike Branch.If you're like Mike Branch, you've taken a risk, a chance buying game tickets on the sidewalk to cheer for your favorite team. "Do I want to spend X dollars on the official site or am I going to try to save a buck and if I'm going to try to save a buck, I think for me that's willingly rolling the dice,” he said.Tampa Police are working to make your odds better proposing a 'Clean Zone' around the stadium from January 1 to January  11, 2017,..

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• Lightning's Steven Stamkos out 4 months after knee surgery

  

  Tampa Bay Lightning captain Steven Stamkos underwent surgery on the lateral meniscus tear in his right knee and is expected to miss approximately four months, the team announced on Thursday.The Lightning said Wednesday that Stamkos was out indefinitely, but coach Jon Cooper said the center would be back in time for the playoffs in April."If we put ourselves in a position to make the playoffs, he's going to be back," Cooper said Thursday. "And that'll be better than any trade deadline acquisition..

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• Cuban dissidents visit Tampa and raise their flag

  

  TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) – Forty people gathered Thursday in Ybor City’s Jose Marti Park to quietly take down a tattered and weathered Cuban flag. In its place, they raised a new flag, one brought directly from Havana. They then burst into the Cuban national anthem, followed by shouts of “liberty” and “viva Tampa.” Thirty of these participants are Cuban dissidents and guests of Casa Cuba in Tampa. “It’s sort of a seminar that they are visiting, and the seminar covers democracy, human rights, the wa..

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• Ybor City bar owner, police say area is safe despite car incident

  

  TAMPA, Fla.  (WFLA) –  Officials released shocking video Thursday of a car crashing into an Ybor City bar. Police are hoping someone will recognize the driver of the Nissan, who ran away after crashing it into the Bad Monkey located at 1717 E. 7th Ave. Despite this crime, Tampa Police Department spokesman Steve Hegarty said Ybor City is safe. “Crime is down significantly in Ybor City,” he said. Hegarty explains crimes including violent crimes such as robbery, forcible sex, aggravated assault, ..

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• Is one of Tampa Bay's premier condo towers sinking?

  

  TAMPA It has been called Tampa's "most prestigious building'' and "the most refined expression of living" in all of Tampa Bay. The views are "stunning,'' the amenities "fit for a king and queen.'' But is the Plaza Harbour Island sinking? The Plaza condo association is embroiled in a lawsuit alleging that the 20-story, 144-unit tower built in 2007 is plagued with problems. Among them: exterior cracking that is the result of "significant subsidence concerns and structural design deficiencies.'' Ge..

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• Man sought in bank robbery near USF in Tampa

  

  TAMPA — The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office has identified the man suspected of robbing a bank near the University of South Florida on Wednesday. Paul Lubin, 31, was caught on security cameras entering the Chase Bank at 2802 Fletcher Avenue about 2 p.m. He then produced a note that said he was "heavily armed" and demanded money, deputies reported. He received an undisclosed sum and ran east. Lubin was released from a prison in Miami-Dade County in October 2014 after serving a two year sen..

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