Provides the latest RSS feeds for St Petersburg (Florida) News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Florida Statesman.com http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/10/id/30ca9883873cb9af/ en-us Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:05:11 -0500 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:05:11 -0500 30 SARASOTA, Fla - The Wells Fargo Bank, located at 2891 South Tamiami Trail, was robbed at 4 p.m. Friday evening, according to authorities. Police say that a man walked into the bank and disclosed a ... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203242684/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:51:46 -0500 ABC Action News http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203242684/ CLEARWATER, Fla - 56 days at sea can take a toll on anyone especially when you're four-years-old like Sara Beth Fialkowski, and your dad's serving in the United States Coast ... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203242685/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:51:43 -0500 ABC Action News http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203242685/ TAMPA — Should your kid get a C on his Algebra 2 Honors midterm exam with more than half the answers wrong?Sure, says the Hillsborough County School District.That's ridiculous, says a ... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203242686/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:32:17 -0500 St Petersburg Times http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203242686/ TAMPA, Fla - A Tampa mother charged with child abuse, made her first appearance in court Saturday morning. Rosielee Crawford, 33 years-old, is charged with two counts of aggravated child abuse and ... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203239483/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:10:40 -0500 ABC Action News http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203239483/ Interstate 4 is a parking lot.A crash near Williamson Road in Longwood is blocking the two right lanes.Traffic is moving slowly past the ... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203236300/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:44:35 -0500 Orlando Sentinel http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203236300/ LAKELAND, Fla. - Polk County Sheriff's Office detectives arrested two women accused of stealing over $422,000 from the company owned by their family ... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203233260/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:42:09 -0500 ABC Action News http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203233260/ SAFETY HARBOR, Fla. - The City of Safety Harbor is allowing the public an opportunity to touch and climb inside vehicles they see on a daily basis including a fire engine, dump truck, garbage truck, ... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203230105/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:38:26 -0500 ABC Action News http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203230105/ TAMPA — While most of the political world was still buzzing about Mitt Romney's overwhelming Florida primary win, Ashley Walker rose from her seat to address a room full of Florida field ... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203230107/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:10:42 -0500 St Petersburg Times http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203230107/ CLEARWATER — Divided by emotions and science, Pinellas County commissioners decided to stop adding fluoride to drinking water in a series of tense 4-3 votes.A drive by dentists to oust two ... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203230108/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:10:38 -0500 St Petersburg Times http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203230108/ Michael Himes, Stephanie Walker, Tori Wilson, Jessica Ireland and Tiara Brooks stand in front of the state seal at the Capitol. The seniors went to Tallahassee last week to meet with lawmakers ... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203230110/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:10:34 -0500 St Petersburg Times http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203230110/ No one has challenged the sheriff's run for re-election, and it appears his supporters aim to keep it that way.With $215,690 raised in just three months, Sheriff David Gee has amassed more ... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203230112/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:10:32 -0500 St Petersburg Times http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203230112/ TAMPA, Fla. - Before customers at Club Manilla can get close enough to feel mist from a smoke machine, or see a disco ball, or dance on a stage, they have to pass a few ... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203225430/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:08:55 -0500 ABC Action News http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203225430/ Tampa - Pardon my lateness, but when it comes to predicting the Super Bowl, you need to get all the "super" facts. One lone question was answered today when Patriots head coach Bill ... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203225431/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:08:51 -0500 ABC Action News http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203225431/ RUSKIN, Fla. - In these tough economic times, many good charities are struggling to help the needy because fewer people are in position to give. But several Tampa Bay area companies are questioning ... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203225432/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:08:46 -0500 ABC Action News http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203225432/ LAKELAND, Fla. - Roughly a month after the Lakeland community bid farewell to slain police officer Arnulfo Crispin, it will come together again Friday night to raise money for his family. The ... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203222133/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:08:39 -0500 ABC Action News http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203222133/ The man behind the counter is OK, but the robber is still on the loose. Police say this isn't the only grocery store he held up in November of last year. Charlene Showers works at the Ponce De ... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203225434/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:08:35 -0500 ABC Action News http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203225434/ NEW PORT RICHEY -- The unemployment rate in Pasco County stubbornly has remained higher than 11 percent, nearly 3 percent above the national average.In a bid to encourage small businesses to hire, ... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203225453/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:30:58 -0500 TBO.com http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203225453/ ST. PETERSBURG — Seeing son Prince pull on the Olde English D he once wore proudly in Detroit only brought Cecil Fielder back so far.Dismissing talk of an "improving" relationship ... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203225435/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:30:57 -0500 St Petersburg Times http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203225435/ SEMINOLE — Authorities on Friday continued to investigate what caused a condo fire that killed a mother and her daughter Thursday night.Firefighters were called to Twin Oaks condominiums about ... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203225436/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:30:55 -0500 St Petersburg Times http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203225436/ 2011, Catherine Whittenburg/STAFF More than 100 Pasco County residents showed up in Tallahassee last year for a hearing on an Aqua Utilities rate increase ... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203225454/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:30:53 -0500 TBO.com http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203225454/ CLEARWATER — The Church of Scientology, defending itself against a $35,000 refund claim, told a Pinellas judge Friday that the courts cannot meddle in its religious affairs.Citing the First ... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203225438/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:30:52 -0500 St Petersburg Times http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203225438/ TALLAHASSEE — Hoping the state would find out how Progress Energy botched an upgrade to a nuclear power plant that may never reopen?Hoping to stop paying in advance for another nuclear plant ... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203225439/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:30:49 -0500 St Petersburg Times http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203225439/ Andy Jones/Staff Jessica Avalos, with daughter Layla Brandt, 11, operates a power saw on Friday as Habitat for Humanity of East and Central Pasco's all-female crew works on the home that will ... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203225455/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:30:48 -0500 TBO.com http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203225455/ PORT RICHEY — On appeal, state staffers say Aqua Utilities shouldn't get the $2.6 million in rate increases that officials approved last May.Aqua should get $200,000 more.The staff for ... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203225440/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:30:46 -0500 St Petersburg Times http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203225440/ NEW PORT RICHEY -- With a projected $6.1 million revenue shortfall for the 2013 fiscal year, Pasco County officials know they have their work cut out for them with the planning and budget ... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203225456/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:30:43 -0500 TBO.com http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203225456/ ST. LEO -- Saint Leo University will host its third annual International Business Conference on Feb. 9 and 10.Organized by the university's Donald R. Tapia School of Business, the conference ... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203225457/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:30:39 -0500 TBO.com http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203225457/ Maria Avalos of Tampa waits in line to speak during the White House Hispanic Community Action Summit at the University of Tampa. It’s the 13th summit held by the White House in the past ... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203225441/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:30:39 -0500 St Petersburg Times http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203225441/ Okay, students, today's lesson is: How to get blood out of a turnip.Not that I'm referring to today's fine crop of University of South Florida students as "turnips." But ... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203225444/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:30:30 -0500 St Petersburg Times http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203225444/ NEED TO KNOW: Wiregrass Ranch, despite having the best overall record among the five teams in 7A-9, is seeded as the No. 2 seed (loss coin flip) and faces off vs. Steinbrenner (8-9). Steinbrenner ... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203225459/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:30:29 -0500 TBO.com http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203225459/ ST. PETERSBURG — A Pinellas Park man who jumped off the Sunshine Skyway Bridge on Thursday survived, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office.The 36-year-old man was reported ... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203225445/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:30:27 -0500 St Petersburg Times http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203225445/ TALLAHASSEE — Florida's mammoth state-run insurance company is looking to downsize, with lawmakers turning to unregulated out-of-state carriers to help with the effort.The state House ... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203225446/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:30:25 -0500 St Petersburg Times http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203225446/ 1. Pasco: Despite losing all-county pitcher Courtney Brandt, who went 16-5 and struck out 240 batters, the Pirates still return one of the strongest lineups in Pasco County. Pasco returns outfielder ... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203225460/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:30:24 -0500 TBO.com http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203225460/ Hillsborough High senior Delani Carrington, 17, salsa dances with outgoing janitor Jimmy Saavedra, 64, on Friday at a retirement celebration thrown in his honor by students, who collected money for ... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203225447/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:30:22 -0500 St Petersburg Times http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203225447/ TALLAHASSEE — A federal judge ruled Friday that four state legislators and two staffers cannot be forced to testify in a case that challenges changes to Florida election laws.After more than ... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203225449/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:30:16 -0500 St Petersburg Times http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203225449/ NEW PORT RICHEY -- Pasco County will spend some $1.1 million to buy and renovate apartments near Gulf Middle School in an effort to help create affordable housing.Built in 1989, Palm Island ... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203225461/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:30:14 -0500 TBO.com http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203225461/ TALLAHASSEE — A state ethics panel found Sen. Jim Norman should be prosecuted in connection with a half-million-dollar gift to his wife from a prominent Hillsborough County businessman.The ... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203225448/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:30:13 -0500 St Petersburg Times http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203225448/ TALLAHASSEE — The state Commission on Ethics on Friday ordered a $5,000 fine and public censure and reprimand for Frank Peterman for travel abuses when he was Florida's secretary of ... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203225451/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:30:09 -0500 St Petersburg Times http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203225451/ TALLAHASSEE — A statewide television ad campaign, glitzy architectural renderings — even the promise of thousands of jobs — couldn't change the political odds this year ... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203225452/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:30:07 -0500 St Petersburg Times http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203225452/ Follow this company posted a 1.4 percent jump in net income for 2011, the first year the company topped $1 billion in revenue. The company said net income for the 12 months ended Dec. 31 ... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203225429/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:20:29 -0500 The Business Journal http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203225429/ Follow this company will be in Tampa to talk with small business owners about obtaining financing. The Feb. 24 workshop, "The State of Small Business in Tampa," was initiated by ... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203221678/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:20:24 -0500 The Business Journal http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203221678/ TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- The Seminole Tribe of Florida could stop paying tens of millions to the state if legislators move ahead with a bill to regulate sweepstakes operations known as Internet ... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203218234/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:27:42 -0500 Miami Herald http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203218234/ Fulfilling a promise he made to the school last summer, Buccaneers guard Davin Joseph opened the door to a brand-new, state-of-the-art weight room at Blake High School on ... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203218233/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:00:59 -0500 Tampa Bay Buccaneers http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203218233/ TAMPA, Fla. - Police executed an arrest warrant from Hernando County at Ram Goel's Tampa home Friday morning. He is the latest to face charges in what Hernando County Sheriff's ... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203218211/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:54:59 -0500 ABC Action News http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203218211/ TAMPA - Tampa police are looking for a pair suspects seen on surveillance video robbing two convenience stores. The video shows one of the suspects shooting a ... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203218213/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:54:53 -0500 ABC Action News http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203218213/ ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - Texas Rangers outfielder and recovering drug addict Josh Hamilton says he had a relapse and had "three or four" drinks earlier this ... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203218214/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:54:48 -0500 ABC Action News http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203218214/ The items feature fraudulent trademarks of companies like Coach, Chanel, Tory Burch, Armani, Burberry and more. The suggested retail price of the goods are ... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203218215/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:54:45 -0500 ABC Action News http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203218215/ An officer tried to stop a white Hyundai, believed to be stolen, at Broadway Avenue and Orient Road at around 4:30 a.m. The driver took off and officers pursued the car into Lakeland, police ... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203213406/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:54:41 -0500 ABC Action News http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203213406/ Seminole County enough cash that it does not have to close two elementary schools. Other school districts, as well as cities, counties, colleges and universities that take part in the Florida ... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203218235/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:19:13 -0500 Orlando Sentinel http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203218235/ TAMPA — A convicted felon was sentenced to 10 years in prison Friday for carrying two sawed-off shotguns when police arrested him on a stalking complaint, according to the U.S. Attorney's ... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203218216/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:06:53 -0500 St Petersburg Times http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203218216/ Boca Kitchen opens in South TampaGordon Davis' Boca Kitchen Bar Market opened on Monday at 901 W Platt St. in Tampa for dinner with lunch to be added in March.The menu went online Friday, and ... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203218217/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:06:51 -0500 St Petersburg Times http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203218217/ TAMPA — The daughter of a former Israeli defense minister was arrested this week on drug charges out of Tampa.Deputies say Talya Ben-Eliezer, 38, made copies of an oxycodone prescription ... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203218218/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:06:49 -0500 St Petersburg Times http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203218218/ The Tampa Bay Rays won their arbitration case against RHP Jeff Niemann.Niemann will get the $2.75-million the team offered this season rather than the $3.2-million he sought.The Rays are now 5-0 in ... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203218219/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:06:45 -0500 St Petersburg Times http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203218219/ Authorities identified the remaining three people killed in the horrific crash along Interstate 75 that claimed the lives of 11 people early Sunday.Michael James Hughes, 39, Lori Lynne Brock-Hughes, ... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203218222/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:06:38 -0500 St Petersburg Times http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203218222/ ST. PETERSBURG - She drinks chocolate milk now. She goes to school. She's taller. But what's changed in the year since Senior Airman Ronique Waite last saw his daughter doesn't ... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203218223/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:06:35 -0500 St Petersburg Times http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203218223/ TAMPA — After three days of backlash, Susan G. Komen for the Cure reversed its decision to cut breast screening grants to Planned Parenthood.Many around Tampa Bay hailed the decision ... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203218224/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:06:33 -0500 St Petersburg Times http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203218224/ CLEARWATER — A boy abducted by his mother during a custody hearing in May was recovered Thursday in Jacksonville unharmed, police said.Kim Swan, 40, was arrested and charged with interference ... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203218225/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:06:30 -0500 St Petersburg Times http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203218225/ TAMPA — If whimsically twisted director Tim Burton ever made a western, the band playing in the dusty saloon would be the Civil Wars. Not just because the alt-country duo's male ... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203218226/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:06:28 -0500 St Petersburg Times http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203218226/ If you spent Friday morning sweating the logjam for tickets to Eddie Vedder's concert on May 10 at Ruth Eckerd Hall, good news: The venue is going to make it a little easier for you to get in. ... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203218227/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:06:25 -0500 St Petersburg Times http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203218227/ TALLAHASSEE — Florida's resort casino debate has folded for the session.After a lengthy debate, a House Business and Consumer Affairs subcommittee stopped short of killing the bill to ... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203218229/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:06:22 -0500 St Petersburg Times http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203218229/ TARPON SPRINGS — A 27-year-old man aboard a fishing boat 67 miles offshore was flown to Tampa General Hospital after he began suffering seizures, Coast Guard officials said.The fishing vessel ... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203218230/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:06:19 -0500 St Petersburg Times http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203218230/ MANGO — An 46-year-old pedestrian was hit and killed by a Ford pickup Thursday night while crossing a road, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.Sandra Denise West of Largo was walking ... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203218231/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:06:16 -0500 St Petersburg Times http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203218231/ The fire broke out at Petra Restaurant, 4812 E Busch Blvd., around 12:30 a.m. Friday. Firefighters got the call at 12:37 a.m. and were at the scene within three ... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203218232/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:06:15 -0500 St Petersburg Times http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203218232/ Follow this company session to review Super Bowl commercials during the game this Sunday. President and Chief Executive ... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203218206/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:54:31 -0500 The Business Journal http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203218206/ Follow this company Water Park is scheduled to open May 26, Legoland officials said Friday. The water park will be located on a 5-acre site that was previously Cypress Gardens' water ... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203213869/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:54:26 -0500 The Business Journal http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203213869/ Follow this company have partnered to protect roadways during Super Bowl weekend by offering the "Tow to Go" program. The service, which offers free rides to AAA members and ... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203213123/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:54:20 -0500 The Business Journal http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203213123/ Follow this company said it would vigorously contest the Drug Enforcement Administration's suspension of its license to distribute controlled medicines from the company's ... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203214257/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:54:15 -0500 The Business Journal http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203214257/ Gulf Wild seafood, a brand that offers information for consumers about the origins of its fish. Gulf Wild seafood menu items feature a tag number that links to the Gulf ... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203218207/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:54:07 -0500 The Business Journal http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203218207/ Follow this company , pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bank fraud and making false statements to federal regulators. Williams faces up to 15 years in federal prison, a statement ... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203218208/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:54:02 -0500 The Business Journal http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203218208/ Follow this company affirmed a 'BBB' rating on $193.4 million in infrastructure sales tax revenue bonds for the Polk County School District, and an 'A+' rating on ... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203218209/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:53:56 -0500 The Business Journal http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203218209/ The automobile insurance industry scored a small victory Thursday when the Florida Senate banking and insurance subcommittee approved a bill that would limit the types of health care clinics that ... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203213041/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:53:50 -0500 The Business Journal http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/30ca9883873cb9af/id/203213041/