Friday, October 13, 2017

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  • All Eyes photo gallery: Tampa Bay Buccaneers preseason game ...

    All Eyes photo gallery: Tampa Bay Buccaneers preseason game ...
    View a gallery of images from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers preseason game against the Washington Redskins on Thursday, Aug. 31 from Raymond James Stadium in Tampa. The Buccaneers open the regular season on the road at the Miami Dolphins on Sept. 10. The Bucs first home game will be against the Chicago Bears at 1:00 p.m. on Sept. 17. LOREN ELLIOTT | Times Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver DeSean Jackson (11), right, chats with former Buccaneer great Warren Sapp before a preseason game between t..
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  • 2017-18 team-by-team NHL season outlook: Previewing the Tampa ...

    2017-18 team-by-team NHL season outlook: Previewing the Tampa ...
    As October creeps closer, another NHL season creeps with it.In the 14th of a series of team-by-team summer reviews and season previews, here's a glimpse at the ...Tampa Bay LightningEven though they were fighting for their fourth straight playoff berth in 2016-17, the Tampa Bay Lightning felt like underdogs. Maybe it was because captain Steven Stamkos , months after inking a lucrative new contract, fell victim to the most serious of injury bugs. Maybe..
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  • Tampa Bay is due for a major hurricane. We're not prepared

    Tampa Bay is due for a major hurricane. We're not prepared
    Mark Luther's dream home has a window that looks out to a world of water. He can slip out the back door and watch dolphins swim by his private dock. Shore birds squawk from nearby nests in giant mangroves. He said it's hard to imagine ever leaving this slice of paradise on St. Petersburg's Bayou Grande, even though the water he adores is starting to get a little creepy. Over the 24 years since he moved into the house, the bayou has inched up a protective sea wall and crept toward his front door..
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  • The 'Turk' looms as Bucs fall to Washington in preseason finale

    The 'Turk' looms as Bucs fall to Washington in preseason finale
    TAMPA — Thirty-seven of your favorite Bucs players did not get a uniform prior to Thursday night's 13-10 loss in the preseason finale against Washington. Roughly that many who actually played in the game might never wear an NFL uniform again. Think about it. A game you played since you were 8 years old came down to 60 minutes in a more than half-empty Raymond James Stadium. Closing time. You don't have to go home, but you can't stay here. The Bucs and every NFL team started with 90 players, and ..
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  • Legal battle draws near as white nationalist sends ultimatum to UF

    Legal battle draws near as white nationalist sends ultimatum to UF
    The Gainesville lawyer fighting for Richard Spencer's chance to speak at the University of Florida says that, politically speaking, he's about as far left of his white nationalist client as he could imagine. "I voted for Bernie Sanders, not because I didn't like Hillary, but because I wanted to vote for a socialist," attorney Gary Edinger said with a laugh. "But I'm a First Amendment attorney, and they present a valid First Amendment claim." That's why Edinger signed on to challenge UF, which c..
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  • Crime Stoppers offers reward for motel shooting caught on video in ...

    Crime Stoppers offers reward for motel shooting caught on video in ...
    TAMPA, Fla. - Crime Stoppers of Tampa Bay is offering a reward of up to $3,000 for any information regarding an August shooting in the Travelodge motel at 2901 Busch Boulevard East in Tampa.  On August 23, 2017, an unknown black male dressed in a black shirt and pants was caught on surveillance video shooting a handgun from a balcony of the motel at another subject. Detectives believe the man with the handgun was driving a light colored or silver Mitsubishi. The alleged victim of the shooting w..
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  • Why This Tampa Startup Plans To Give Homes To Flood Victims

    Why This Tampa Startup Plans To Give Homes To Flood Victims
    “We’re in a unique position to actually do something to help flood victims,” says Sean Verdecia. Amy Guttman Sean Verdecia, Founder, AbleNook The architect and entrepreneur has been preparing for a natural disaster like Hurricane Harvey since 2011. In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Verdecia was struck by the lack of suitable housing solutions for those worst affected. “People weren’t living in a state of dignity. When does a tent become a house?” Verdecia and his firm had worke..
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  • Update: UT professor initially fired over Harvey tweet resigns instead

    Update: UT professor initially fired over Harvey tweet resigns instead
    TAMPA — The University of Tampa on Thursday took back its decision to fire the sociology professor who famously drew outrage after his tweet about Tropical Storm Harvey. But he’ll still be a former employee. The school said in a statement that after “ongoing discussions” with professor Kenneth Storey it “rescinded his dismissal and accepted his resignation from the university.” The apparent deal came after the American Association of University Professors called on the school to immediately rein..
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  • VIDEO: 3 sought in connection with shooting altercation at Tampa ...

    VIDEO: 3 sought in connection with shooting altercation at Tampa ...
    A St. Petersburg mother was furious when she didn’t get the custom cake she ordered, and paid $65 for, for her son’s ninth birthday party.
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  • What 500-year flooding could look like in Tampa Bay and four other ...

    What 500-year flooding could look like in Tampa Bay and four other ...
    Hurricane Harvey pummeled the Houston area with an unprecedented four feet of rain, making it the most extreme rain event in U.S. history. Cars and houses are underwater, and thousands of people have needed or await rescue. The event has been called a "500-year flood" — a flood event that has a one-in-500 chance of occurring in any given year in that location. Residents in 500-year flood zones aren't required to purchase flood insurance, even though there is more than a 5 percent chance, more th..
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Deputies investigate homicide after man found dead outside of ... .U of Tampa fires a professor who suggested Texas deserved the ... .
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