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Even a “known drug dealer” is legally allowed to photograph undercover cops as they serve a search warrant, if he takes the photos from a p...

The Pulitzer Prize-winning play Anna in the Tropics, written by Nilo Cruz, and directed by Dr. Sybil Barnes-Johnson, is being performed thi...

El Cap........ 3500 4th St. N. St. Petersburg, Florida Great Burgers And Cold Beer

Bacalao With Moro And Platanos $5.95 At.......Rosa's Market 4209 W.Martin Luther King Blvd Tampa Tampa Locavore

This is a tremendous social crisis, greater even than the issue of slavery. For those who don’t know, fundamentalist right-wingers in Flori...

Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Wednesday that that President Bush will nominate Army Gen. David Petraeus as the new commander of U.S. ...

Today, the USA is a synonym for corruption, greed, homelessness, hopelessness, high crime and never-ending financial speculation. People ar...

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Ropa Vieja With White Rice And Yuca $5.95 At.........40th Street Restaurant, 3206 N 40th St Tampa Tampa Locavore

Seems that paragon of jurisprudence and rational thought, Florida, thinks that having a pair of these on the hitch of your truck is a bad i...

"I guess these guys living in Puerto Rico learned how to swim." A dozen monkeys that escaped from a wildlife preserve during the ...

Pam Iorio was re-elected to her second term as Tampa mayor last year. Previously she served as Hillsborough supervisor of elections and was...

In the past, Castro has liked to say to visiting U.S. congressmen, "Give my best to my nephew, would you? He's in Congress, you k...

Simon Rosenberg said the coming clash in the party will be between the "activist" class and the "governing" class for t...

For a few cycles now, I keep hearing talk that South Florida may be ready for a somewhat more enlightened approach to Cuba than the "s...

The fastest route through the Everglades could lead drivers straight through a private company's toll booths by this time next year.The...

A plastic surgeon in Florida has come out with a picture book for young children called, "My Beautiful Mommy". It helps kids to c...

Check out Pen and Brush Promoting emerging and established cartoonists in the Tampa Bay area........ here

Wednesday, April 23, 8:00pm Cafe Bohemia, 937 Central Ave., St. Petersburg

A sixty-two year old woman who earns half her income from the sale of sprouts and microgreens at the downtown Sarasota Farmer’s Market was ...

I came across a very interesting form among the Bylaws of Polk County's DEC, Democratic Executive Committee. It is a Loyalty Oath that ...

Sarasota’s premiere demonstration education facility for resource-conserving sustainable living, is undergoing a transformation......... here

On April 22nd, 2008, we will celebrate Earth Day. Faye Armitage, who is running for Congress against John Mica in District 7, is the smart ...

This is not a partisan issue, yet we belong to the party whose members often advocate for pro-life issues. I cannot imagine a more pro-life...

When the summer beach season arrives in May, locals and visitors will see a Clearwater Beach vastly different from last year's version,...

Six of 11 student protesters are still fasting until they can talk about UF's investment policy with UF President Bernie Machen, but th...

Troubled by restaurants that don't disclose the price of their specials, Aventura Commissioner Bob Diamond is pushing the county to ado...

When Congress approved the President’s authorization to go to war in Iraq – no matter how well-intentioned – it was giving the green light ...

"That kind of divisive language is part of the reason why Mario Diaz-Balart was recently ranked 406th in Congress and last in bringing...

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A discussion in the Florida Legislature on Thursday turned a bit awkward Thursday. The subject? Replicas of bull testicles hanging from veh...

It’s big, purple and coming to the state of Florida. AARP and Divided We Fail unveil the “Champmobile,” an interactive educational vehicle ...

Sen. Ronda Storms attempted unsuccessfully Wednesday to eliminate the Byrd Alzheimer's center's state earmark, arguing that doing s...

The idea is the brainchild of two-term city council member John Dingfelder. He wants to bar corporate and PAC donations, reduce the individ...

50's style red-baiting has become as salient as... hula hoops -- except in Florida where McCarthyite tactics are frequently on full dis...

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Now the Republican politicians in Tallahassee want to squeeze the people of Florida even more - including the most vulnerable among us. I&#...

The Senate may seek a federal investigation into a 2005 earmark on a highway funding bill that was mysteriously altered after Congress appr...

Florida has been long-known as a metropolis for family vacations, complete with saltwater, sunshine and animals that frolic with children. ...

Wesley Chapel High students approved their Wildcat Gay-Straight Alliance statement of understanding and acceptance more than three years ago...

APRIL 18-27, 2008 - KEY WEST, FLORIDA The annual Conch Republic Independence Celebration commemorates the day the republic seceded from the...

I bought about a pound of grouper (which has been scarce lately). I made a quick dusting of flour, kosher salt, white pepper, onion powder,...

7:30pm Friday, April 18, 2008 Winner of the 2008 Academy Awards "Best Documentary Feature" here

An award-winning young-adult book was pulled from the shelves of an elementary school after a review committee determined it was inappropri...

"There should be something in the Constitution that protects someone with little or no power," he said. "This country was bu...

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"It's not surprising, then, they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or ant...