ST. PETERSBURG -- It came off the boat in big black hefty bags: 344 pounds of cocaine seized by the U.S. Coast Guard from a speedboat in the Caribbean Sea earlier this month. All told, the …
Q: A dear friend of mine recently found out her husband of five years has been having an ongoing affair. She has turned to me for support. The problem is I have found myself feeling shaken in my own marriage. Our husbands have very similar personalities and both seem (seemed) like the types to never cheat. They …
Q: When 15-year friends ask for my opinion on the baby name they're "considering," do they really want to hear my opinion, or do they just want validation for the name they've already chosen? I probably could convincingly articulate what I think is wrong with the name (it clashes with their complicated …
The Florida Supreme Court stood unanimously on the side of good government Thursday when it ruled that the public has a right to see documents a Republican consultant created in connection with the Legislature's once-a-decade redistricting process. Now, barring an ill-advised rehearing request by the document owner, …
The Tampa Police Department's decision to outfit 60 of its officers with body cameras has the potential to bring much-needed transparency to the agency. But this is largely uncharted territory for law enforcement agencies in the bay area, and Tampa police Chief Jane Castor will need to establish safeguards to ensure the …
Not one but two Damon Wayanses — Sr. and Jr. — will bring their standup comedy in December to the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Tampa as part of a grand opening celebration for the casino's high-limit slots room, blackjack pit and rock spa. Wayans Sr. first broke out in the '90s on the Wayans-filled …
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Money and message. That pretty much sums up the winning recipe the Vote No On 2 group used to defeat the medical marijuana initiative. Tre Evers, the general consultant working on the campaign, lays it all out in memo analyzing the campaign's success, though he ignores the lack of a well-funded campaign by the other side once it got on the ballot....
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Do you like Steve Carell? Do you like Jon Stewart? Do you like old pals palling around like adorable old pals? Well then this is the clip for you. Last night, Stewart had former Daily Show correspondent Carell on The Daily Show to promote his new movie Foxcatcher. Stewart is so smitten with Carell and his success, and Carell with Stewart's kindness and new directorial debut Rosewater, that they have no choice but to have a "fawn off." It really is the cutest. Also: How incredible does Foxcatcher look?...
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Scientists are racing against time to save the Florida grasshopper sparrow, one of the most endangered birds in the United States, Margaret G. Zackowitz writes in this month's National Geographic....